HJRES 8 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Introduced Jan 9, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Dusty Johnson R-SD

Latest action · Jan 9, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 9, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to consist of nine Justices.

Cosponsors 152

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2023 to Sep 27, 2024; 80 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IA	Ashley Hinson	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-AL	Barry Moore	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MN	Brad Finstad	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-UT	Burgess Owens	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Byron Donalds	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Cory Mills	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NC	Dan Bishop	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-PA	Daniel Meuser	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IL	Darin LaHood	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TN	David Kustoff	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IN	Erin Houchin	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MI	Jack Bergman	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-KS	Jake LaTurner	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IN	James R. Baird	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 9, 2023
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TN	John W. Rose	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-LA	Julia Letlow	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Kat Cammack	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MI	Lisa C. McClain	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-GA	Mike Collins	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NE	Mike Flood	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-CA	Mike Garcia	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Nathaniel Moran	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Pat Fallon	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-SC	Russell Fry	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-WI	Scott Fitzgerald	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-OH	Troy Balderson	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-CA	Young Kim	Original	Jan 9, 2023
R-TX	August Pfluger		Jan 10, 2023
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jan 10, 2023
R-NY	Brandon Williams		Jan 10, 2023
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jan 10, 2023
R-WY	Harriet M. Hageman		Jan 10, 2023
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Jan 10, 2023
R-NY	Marcus J. Molinaro		Jan 10, 2023
R-MO	Mark Alford		Jan 10, 2023
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Jan 10, 2023
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jan 10, 2023
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jan 10, 2023
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Jan 10, 2023
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Jan 11, 2023
R-AZ	Juan Ciscomani		Jan 11, 2023
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jan 11, 2023
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Jan 11, 2023
R-IN	Victoria Spartz		Jan 12, 2023
R-NY	Michael Lawler		Jan 20, 2023
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Jan 24, 2023
R-MS	Mike Ezell		Jan 24, 2023
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Jan 24, 2023
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Jan 25, 2023
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jan 26, 2023
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Jan 27, 2023
R-TN	Andrew Ogles		Jan 30, 2023
R-OH	Mike Carey		Feb 2, 2023
R-NC	David Rouzer		Feb 10, 2023
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Feb 27, 2023
R-NY	Nick LaLota		Feb 27, 2023
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger		Mar 21, 2023
R-NY	Nicholas A. Langworthy		Mar 21, 2023
R-NC	Chuck Edwards		Apr 6, 2023
R-FL	Daniel Webster		May 15, 2023
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		May 15, 2023
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jun 12, 2023
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jun 16, 2023
R-GU	James C. Moylan		Jun 16, 2023
R-KS	Ron Estes		Jun 16, 2023
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jun 16, 2023
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jun 20, 2023
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Jun 20, 2023
R-CO	Lauren Boebert		Jun 20, 2023
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Jun 20, 2023
R-NY	Anthony D'Esposito		Jul 11, 2023
R-IA	Randy Feenstra		Jul 11, 2023
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jul 11, 2023
R-IN	Rudy Yakym III		Jul 11, 2023
R-FL	Scott Franklin		Jul 11, 2023
R-FL	Aaron Bean		Jul 12, 2023
R-OH	Max L. Miller		Jul 12, 2023
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jul 13, 2023
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Jul 17, 2023
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Aug 11, 2023
R-AL	Dale W. Strong		Sep 13, 2023
R-GA	Austin Scott		Oct 6, 2023
R-TX	Keith Self		Oct 6, 2023
R-TX	Monica De La Cruz		Oct 16, 2023
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Oct 20, 2023
R-MI	John James		Nov 3, 2023
R-OK	Tom Cole		Nov 3, 2023
R-TN	Mark E. Green		Mar 21, 2024
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Mar 21, 2024
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Apr 10, 2024
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 8, 2024
R-KY	James Comer		Sep 6, 2024
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Sep 9, 2024
R-IL	Mike Bost		Sep 9, 2024
R-NJ	Thomas H. Kean, Jr.		Sep 9, 2024
R-KY	Andy Barr		Sep 11, 2024
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Sep 17, 2024
R-CA	Vince Fong		Sep 17, 2024
R-AR	J. French Hill		Sep 27, 2024

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 Jan 9, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article V of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 7, January 9, 2023, page H114.

Related bills 6

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HJRES 1	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.	Related bill	Jan 9, 2023
HJRES 11	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.	Reintroduction of	Mar 4, 2021
SJRES 16	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not more than 9 justices.	Related bill	Feb 16, 2023
SJRES 21	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.	Identical bill	Mar 22, 2023
HJRES 28	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.	Cross-Congress related bill	Jan 22, 2025

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Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House

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