Congressman Darren Soto ... filed a discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 3310, the Venezuela TPS Act of 2025.
Force a House vote on the Venezuela TPS Act of 2025.
Occurrences
Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Darren Soto, move to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 1046) entitled, a resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3310) to designate Venezuela under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes.
filed a discharge petition to force a vote on H.R.
Congressman Darren Soto ... filed a discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 3310, the Venezuela TPS Act of 2025 ... and urge leadership to bring the Venezuela TPS Act of 2025 to the floor for a vote immediately.
Evidence
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (Introduced 05/08/2025). Latest Action: House - 05/08/2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget... Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced.
H.R.3310 ... 119th Cong., 1st sess., Introduced in House May 8, 2025.
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL-09) filed a discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 3310, the Venezuela TPS Act of 2025... The discharge petition currently has 31 signatures and needs 218 to move forward.
Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Darren Soto, move to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 1046) entitled, a resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3310) to designate Venezuela under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status... Petition Date: March 19th, 2026... sponsor: Darren Soto.
Discharge Petition No. 18 for H.Res. 1046/H.R. 3310 lists 143 member signatures, with the latest signature dated May 21, 2026; Darren Soto is the sponsor.
GovInfo's bill record for H.R. 3310 shows the measure as "Introduced in House" with last action May 8, 2025: it was introduced by Mr. Soto and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on the Budget.
The official discharge-petition page for Discharge Petition No. 18 / H.Res. 1046 shows 143 member signatures, with the latest signature by James A. Himes dated May 21, 2026. The petition was still far short of the 218 signatures needed to force House action on H.R. 3310.
The live House Clerk discharge-petition record for Discharge Petition No. 18 still shows 143 signatures, with the latest signature dated May 21, 2026, leaving it well short of the 218 needed to force House action on H.R. 3310.
Congress.gov still lists H.R. 3310 as introduced in the House, with the latest action being referral on May 8, 2025, and no House floor passage shown in the official bill record.
Discharge Petition No. 18 for H.Res. 1046 / H.R. 3310 still showed 143 member signatures, with the latest signature by James A. Himes dated May 21, 2026, leaving it short of the 218 needed to force House action.
Assessments
Soto materially pursued the promise by introducing H.R. 3310 and filing a discharge petition on March 19, 2026 to force House consideration. But the official House Clerk record shows the petition stalled at 143 signatures, well short of the 218 required to compel a vote, and Congress.gov/GovInfo show no House floor vote occurred. Because he made a serious procedural attempt but did not actually force a House vote, the promise was not delivered.
Darren Soto formally filed a discharge petition on March 19, 2026 to force a House vote on H.R. 3310, but the petition never reached the 218 signatures needed. The official Clerk record still showed only 143 signatures as of May 21, 2026, so no House vote was forced. This is a serious procedural attempt that failed to deliver the promised outcome.
Soto made a serious procedural attempt to force a House vote by sponsoring and filing a discharge petition for H.R. 3310 in March 2026. But the petition never reached the 218 signatures required to compel floor action, topping out at 143 signatures as of May 21, 2026, and the bill remained at introduced/referral status with no House vote. Under the rule for failed but substantial legislative attempts, this counts as never delivered with effort credit.
Darren Soto filed and continued a discharge petition to force a House vote on H.R. 3310, which is a concrete and serious procedural attempt, but the petition never reached the 218 signatures needed and no House vote was forced. That makes the promise unfulfilled despite substantial effort.
Soto materially acted on the promise by filing a formal discharge petition on March 19, 2026 to try to force House consideration of the Venezuela TPS Act of 2025. That is a concrete procedural step directly aimed at obtaining the promised House vote. However, the available official evidence shows the petition had only 31 signatures and required 218, and the bill remained at introduced/referred status with no House floor vote shown. Because he made a serious attempt but did not actually secure the vote, the promise was only partially fulfilled rather than delivered.