Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida.

Bill: 119-hres-308
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2025-04-09
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Florida
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-09
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 16.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IV House Calendar No. 16 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 308 [Report No. 119–51] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Mr. Steil , from the Committee on House Administration , reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed RESOLUTION Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida.

That the election contest filed on November 17, 2024, relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida is dismissed on the grounds that, under section 2(1) of the Federal Contested Election Act ( 2 U.S.C. 381(1) ), the House of Representatives has jurisdiction over official general and special elections to choose a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, but does not have jurisdiction over a primary election, or a caucus or convention of a political party.

April 9, 2025 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed