HJRES 135 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the pardon power of the President.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 18, 2025 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.

  1. IntroducedDec 18, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2025 to Oct 26, 2026, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEDon BaconOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-VAJames R. WalkinshawMar 27, 2026
D-CAMike LevinApr 15, 2026
D-TXJulie JohnsonMay 15, 2026
D-MIShri ThanedarMay 15, 2026
D-MDSarah ElfrethMay 20, 2026
D-CAGeorge WhitesidesJul 9, 2026
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.Oct 26, 2026
D-OHGreg LandsmanOct 26, 2026
D-TXVeronica EscobarOct 26, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Dec 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2025Introduced in House

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