Judiciary Act of 2021
Latest action · Oct 19, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Judiciary Act of 2021
This bill increases from 9 to 13 the number of Justices on the Supreme Court.
Cosponsors 59
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2021 to Aug 5, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Apr 26, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 26, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 26, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Apr 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Jan 13, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 4, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 28, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Aug 5, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2021 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1874, H1875 | Steny H. Hoyer D-MD, Steve Scalise R-LA | Apr 16, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 65, April 15, 2021, page H1844.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-64 | BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN THE SUPREME COURT THROUGH ETHICS AND RECUSAL REFORMS150 pages | Judiciary Committee | Apr 27, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1141 | Judiciary Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Apr 15, 2021 |
| HR 3422 | Judiciary Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | May 17, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for twelve associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Judiciary Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
