6/7/2026 · 9:30
Khanna vote tracker: June 29-30
Ro Khanna cast six recorded House votes from June 29-30: four Yea votes, one Nay, and one No. The issue centers on his KIDS Act party defection and the failed NDAA rule vote that stalled several measures before the July recess.
Ro Khanna (D-CA-17, Silicon Valley) cast six House roll-call votes during the June 29-30 voting stretch: four Yea votes, one Nay vote, and one No vote. 1 2 3 4 5 6
The main split was not the vote count itself. Khanna broke from the Democratic voting majority on the KIDS Act, where he voted Nay while Democrats voted 104-85 in favor; he then voted with all voting Democrats against the rule package that would have brought the National Defense Authorization Act and several related measures to floor debate. 1 4
Two additional bills passed by voice vote during the same stretch, HR7257 SECURE Grid Act and HR8873 Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act, but voice votes do not create an individual recorded position for Khanna. 7 8
Group readout
| Group | Votes to read first | Direction this week |
|---|---|---|
| Tech workers | KIDS Act, NDAA rule failure | The KIDS Act is the direct tech-policy vote because it would regulate online platforms, AI chatbots, age checks, and minors' data practices. 9 The NDAA rule failure indirectly matters because it stalled defense authorization work that often carries technology and procurement provisions, but the available record does not identify a specific tech-worker provision in the stalled package. 10 |
| Immigrants | KIDS Act, NDAA rule failure | The KIDS Act could affect immigrant families as internet users if online age verification reduces anonymous access or changes platform moderation, but the bill summary does not create an immigration-status rule. 11 The NDAA rule fight included the SAVE America Act in the political background, but the rule vote itself did not enact an immigration provision. 10 |
| Healthcare recipients | KIDS Act | The clearest healthcare-adjacent issue is the KIDS Act's narrower House approach: the House version did not include the Senate KOSA duty-of-care language covering harms such as eating disorders, compulsive use, depression, or anxiety. 12 The other five recorded votes did not amend healthcare coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, or patient benefits in the available summaries. 2 3 4 5 6 |
| California voters | KIDS Act, TRIA, Lebanon War Powers, NDAA rule failure, ethics records | California voters had broad civic exposure this week: online safety and privacy rules, terrorism-risk insurance, overseas military authorization, stalled defense and appropriations work, and disclosure of sexual-harassment settlement records. 1 2 4 5 6 |
| AI founders | KIDS Act | The KIDS Act is the direct vote for AI founders because the bill package included restrictions on AI chatbots and broader platform duties toward minors. 9 The other recorded votes did not directly regulate AI development, model deployment, or startup financing in the available summaries. 2 3 4 5 6 |
All six votes at a glance
| Date | RC | Measure | Khanna | House result | Party context | Relevant groups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29 | 588 | HR7757, Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act | Nay | Passed 267-117 under suspension | Democrats split 104 Yea to 85 Nay; Khanna was with the Congressional Progressive Caucus majority, which voted 58 Nay to 26 Yea. 1 | Tech workers, immigrants, healthcare recipients, California voters, AI founders |
| Jun 29 | 589 | HR7128, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 | Yea | Passed 373-15 under suspension | Democrats voted 191-0 in favor; the 15 Nay votes were Republican. 2 | California voters |
| Jun 30 | 590 | H.Res. 1398, ordering the previous question on the NDAA rule | Nay | Passed 215-210 | Republicans voted 215-0 Yea and Democrats voted 210-0 Nay. 3 | California voters; indirect tech-worker and AI-founder relevance through defense-rule process |
| Jun 30 | 591 | H.Res. 1398, agreeing to the NDAA rule | No | Failed 198-224 | Democrats voted 210-0 No, and 14 Republicans also voted No. 4 | California voters; indirect tech-worker and AI-founder relevance through stalled defense work |
| Jun 30 | 592 | H.Con.Res. 108, Lebanon War Powers Resolution | Yea | Failed 189-235 | Democrats voted 187-22 Yea, while Republicans voted 213-2 Nay. 5 | California voters |
| Jun 30 | 593 | H.Res. 1399, Ethics Committee records on sexual-harassment settlements | Yea | Passed 420-0 | Republicans voted 210-0 Yea and Democrats voted 210-0 Yea. 6 | California voters |
HR7757 KIDS Act
Vote and result: Khanna voted Nay on June 29. The House passed HR7757, the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, by 267-117 under suspension of the rules, which required a two-thirds majority. 1
What the bill does: The KIDS Act combined online child-safety measures covering parental controls in online games, instant-messaging service regulation, AI chatbot restrictions, privacy protections for children and teenagers, and a data-broker registration system. 9 The House version used a reasonableness standard rather than the Senate KOSA duty-of-care standard, and the House version did not require platforms to prevent broader harms such as eating disorders, compulsive use, depression, or anxiety. 12
Public rationale: Khanna did not publish a vote-specific explanation on his checked official press-release page during the window. 13
Current status: HR7757 passed the House and was sent to the Senate; GovTrack listed a 34 percent enacted-prognosis estimate. 9
Party context: Khanna's Nay was a party defection because Democrats voted 104 Yea to 85 Nay, but it aligned with the Congressional Progressive Caucus majority, which voted 58 Nay to 26 Yea. 1
| Group | Impact |
|---|---|
| Tech workers | Direct regulatory relevance. Platform, gaming, messaging, privacy, age-verification, and moderation teams would face compliance work if the bill became law. 9 |
| Immigrants | Indirect civil-liberties relevance. EFF argued that online age checks would reduce privacy for all users and weaken anonymous browsing, which would affect immigrant users as part of the broader public rather than through an immigration-status provision. 11 |
| Healthcare recipients | Indirect relevance for youth mental-health debates. The House version did not include the Senate duty-of-care language covering harms such as eating disorders, compulsive use, depression, or anxiety, so healthcare-recipient impact is narrower than the Senate version's approach. 12 |
| California voters | Direct civic relevance. California households, minors, parents, schools, and technology employers would all be affected by national rules on minors' online privacy and safety, although the bill does not create California-specific funding or mandates. 9 |
| AI founders | Direct product-policy relevance. The bill package included AI chatbot restrictions, so founders building consumer AI products for minors or general users would need to track the Senate version closely. 9 |
HR7128 TRIA Program Reauthorization Act
Vote and result: Khanna voted Yea on June 29. The House passed HR7128, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, by 373-15 under suspension of the rules. 2
What the bill does: HR7128 would reauthorize the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, which provides a federal backstop for commercial property insurance after certified terrorism events. 14
Public rationale: Khanna did not publish a vote-specific explanation on his checked official press-release page during the window. 13
Current status: HR7128 passed the House and was sent to the Senate; GovTrack listed a 30 percent enacted-prognosis estimate. 14
Party context: Khanna voted with the Democratic caucus, which supported the bill 191-0; the 15 Nay votes came from Republicans. 2
| Group | Impact |
|---|---|
| Tech workers | No direct employment-policy effect identified. The bill concerns terrorism-risk insurance for commercial property rather than technology labor rules. 14 |
| Immigrants | No direct immigration-policy effect identified. The available bill summary does not change visa, asylum, naturalization, work-authorization, or voter-registration rules. 14 |
| Healthcare recipients | No direct healthcare-program effect identified. The available bill summary does not amend Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care Act coverage, or patient benefits. 14 |
| California voters | Indirect positive for business continuity. California property owners, employers, and local economies could benefit from continued terrorism-risk insurance availability, but the bill is national and does not allocate California-specific assistance. 14 |
| AI founders | No direct AI-founder effect identified. The bill does not regulate AI products, model deployment, data practices, or startup financing. 14 |
H.Res. 1398 previous question
Vote and result: Khanna voted Nay on June 30 on ordering the previous question for H.Res. 1398, the procedural step before the House voted on the rule package. The motion passed 215-210. 3
What the vote did: The previous-question vote ended debate on the rule process for H.Res. 1398 and moved the House toward the next vote on agreeing to the rule itself. 3 GovTrack described this as the Rules Committee path used to set up floor consideration for legislation expected to rely mainly on Republican votes. 10
Public rationale: Khanna did not publish a vote-specific explanation on his checked official press-release page during the window. 13
Current status: The previous-question motion passed, and the House immediately proceeded to RC 591 on the rule itself. 3
Party context: The vote was a strict party-line vote: Republicans voted 215-0 Yea and Democrats voted 210-0 Nay. 3
| Group | Impact |
|---|---|
| Tech workers | No direct effect from this procedural vote alone. Its relevance is indirect because the rule process concerned floor access for the NDAA package, and the available record does not identify a specific tech-worker provision in the previous-question vote itself. 3 |
| Immigrants | No direct effect from this procedural vote alone. The SAVE America Act was part of the broader political dispute around the NDAA rule, but the previous-question vote did not enact voter-registration or immigration rules. 10 |
| Healthcare recipients | No direct effect identified. The previous-question vote did not amend healthcare programs or patient benefits. 3 |
| California voters | Direct civic-process relevance. Khanna voted with all voting Democrats against advancing the rule process, but the motion passed and moved the House to the rule vote. 3 |
| AI founders | No direct effect from this procedural vote alone. Any AI relevance would depend on later NDAA text or amendments, not on the previous-question motion itself. 3 |
H.Res. 1398 NDAA rule
Vote and result: Khanna voted No on June 30 on agreeing to H.Res. 1398, the rule package for the NDAA and related measures. The rule failed 198-224. 4
What the vote did: The rule failure kept the NDAA (HR8800), the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill (HR8595), HR8884, and H.Res. 1383 from moving into full House debate under that rule package. 4 GovTrack reported that the House then adjourned early on July 2 until July 13. 10
Public rationale: Khanna did not publish a vote-specific explanation on his checked official press-release page during the window. 13
Current status: The rule failed, so the package did not proceed under H.Res. 1398 during this voting stretch. 4
Party context: Democrats voted 210-0 No, and 14 Republicans joined them; those Republican defections caused the rule to fail. 4 GovTrack linked the standoff to demands by some Republican holdouts to attach the SAVE America Act to the NDAA, even after the demand was met. 10
| Group | Impact |
|---|---|
| Tech workers | Indirect effect. The failed rule stalled NDAA floor debate, and NDAA debates can carry defense technology and procurement issues, but the available record does not identify a tech-worker provision that passed or failed in this vote. 4 |
| Immigrants | Indirect political relevance. The SAVE America Act was part of the rule fight, but the failed rule did not enact an immigration or voter-registration provision. 10 |
| Healthcare recipients | No direct effect identified. The stalled package listed in the available record did not include a healthcare-coverage measure for patients. 4 |
| California voters | Direct governance relevance. The failed rule stopped a major defense authorization package and related measures from reaching floor debate before the July recess. 4 10 |
| AI founders | Indirect effect only. AI founders should treat this as a stalled-legislative-process signal, not an enacted AI-policy change, because the rule failure did not itself create AI obligations or benefits. 4 |
H.Con.Res. 108 Lebanon War Powers Resolution
Vote and result: Khanna voted Yea on June 30 on H.Con.Res. 108, a War Powers Resolution measure directing the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon. The House rejected the resolution 189-235. 5
What the resolution does: H.Con.Res. 108 used section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to direct the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon. 15 The Trump administration issued a Statement of Administration Policy opposing the resolution on June 30. 5
Public rationale: Khanna did not publish a vote-specific explanation on his checked official press-release page during the window. 13
Current status: The resolution failed and was dead after the House vote. 15
Party context: Khanna voted with most Democrats: Democrats voted 187-22 Yea, while Republicans voted 213-2 Nay. 5
| Group | Impact |
|---|---|
| Tech workers | No direct effect identified. The resolution concerned U.S. military involvement in Lebanon, not technology employment or workplace regulation. 15 |
| Immigrants | No direct immigration-policy effect identified. The resolution did not change immigration status, refugee admissions, asylum rules, or work authorization. 15 |
| Healthcare recipients | No direct healthcare-program effect identified. The resolution did not amend healthcare coverage or patient benefits. 15 |
| California voters | Direct foreign-policy relevance. California voters with service-member, veteran, Lebanese-American, or anti-war policy concerns had a clear position to evaluate: Khanna voted to remove U.S. forces from hostilities in Lebanon, but the House rejected the resolution. 5 |
| AI founders | No direct effect identified. The resolution did not regulate AI, software, data, procurement eligibility, or startup financing. 15 |
H.Res. 1399 ethics records resolution
Vote and result: Khanna voted Yea on June 30 on H.Res. 1399, a resolution directing the House Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records related to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment. The House passed it 420-0. 6
What the resolution does: The resolution directed the Ethics Committee to preserve and release records related to monetary settlements involving sexual-harassment acts. 6
Public rationale: Khanna did not publish a vote-specific explanation on his checked official press-release page during the window. 13
Current status: The resolution passed unanimously, but the Ethics Committee said on July 2 that it did not possess this category of sexual-harassment settlement records and therefore could not release them. 10
Party context: The vote was unanimous: Republicans voted 210-0 Yea and Democrats voted 210-0 Yea. 6
| Group | Impact |
|---|---|
| Tech workers | No direct effect identified. The resolution concerned House Ethics Committee records, not technology employment or platform regulation. 6 |
| Immigrants | No direct immigration-policy effect identified. The resolution did not change immigration status, benefits eligibility, asylum, naturalization, or voter-registration rules. 6 |
| Healthcare recipients | No direct healthcare-program effect identified. The resolution did not amend healthcare coverage, care delivery, or patient benefits. 6 |
| California voters | Direct government-transparency relevance. Khanna supported public release of settlement-related records, but the committee later said it did not have records to release. 6 10 |
| AI founders | No direct effect identified. The resolution did not regulate AI, software, data practices, procurement, or startup financing. 6 |
What changes before the next tracker
The KIDS Act is the most direct vote for tech workers and AI founders because it moved from the House to the Senate with online child-safety, age-verification, privacy, and AI-chatbot provisions still in play. 9 The TRIA reauthorization also moved to the Senate after a broad bipartisan House vote. 14
Fuentes de referencia
- 1GovTrack.us - H.R. 7757: KIDS Act, House Vote #228
- 2GovTrack.us - H.R. 7128: TRIA Program Reauthorization Act, House Vote #229
- 3GovTrack.us - On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 1398, House Vote #230
- 4GovTrack.us - H.Res. 1398: NDAA Rule, House Vote #231
- 5GovTrack.us - H.Con.Res. 108: Lebanon War Powers Resolution, House Vote #232
- 6GovTrack.us - H.Res. 1399: Ethics Committee Records, House Vote #233
- 7House Energy and Commerce Committee - House Passes Energy and Commerce Legislation to Strengthen Grid and Cyber Security
- 8Rep. Beth Van Duyne - Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne Celebrates House Passage of the Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
- 9GovTrack.us - H.R. 7757: KIDS Act, Bill Summary
- 10GovTrack.us - Strategery in the House
- 11Electronic Frontier Foundation - KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
- 12Roll Call - Kids online safety push clouded by House-Senate divide
- 13Rep. Ro Khanna - Press Releases
- 14GovTrack.us - H.R. 7128: TRIA Program Reauthorization Act, Bill Summary
- 15GovTrack.us - H.Con.Res. 108: Bill Summary
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