{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://marymiller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-lee-introduce-bill-protect-student-data-far-left-voter-operations", "Miller, Lee Introduce Bill To Protect Student Data From Far-Left Voter Operations", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mary E. Miller", "M001211", "marymiller.house.gov", "marymiller", "https://marymiller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) introduced the Student Voter Data Protection Act to protect college students\u2019 personal information from being shared without their consent for partisan voter registration efforts. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is leading the legislation in the Senate.\n\nThe bill amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to explicitly prohibit private student data from being shared for voter registration efforts without the student\u2019s consent and establishes an opt-in standard for such disclosures.\n\n\u201cThe Student Voter Data Protection Act puts a hard stop to Left-wing data harvesting, making student data strictly opt-in and cutting off the pipeline to non-consensual personal information,\u201d said Congresswoman Miller. \u201cI am proud to lead this effort in the House alongside Senator Mike Lee to stand up for our students' basic privacy rights.\u201d\n\n\"Partisan organizations should not have access to college students' personal data under the guise of civic engagement,\" said Senator Lee. \"Our bill closes the loopholes that allow institutions to disregard the consent of their students. If leftist groups want a student\u2019s info for electioneering, they can do it the old fashioned way: standing on campus with a clipboard.\"\n\nThe Student Voter Data Protection Act would:", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://marymiller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-lee-introduce-bill-protect-student-data-far-left-voter-operations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7243228610605001, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}