Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
Latest action · May 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
This bill makes various changes related to the ethical standards, financial disclosure requirements, and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court Justices.
Among the changes, the bill requires the Supreme Court to
- adopt a code of conduct for Justices and establish procedures to receive and investigate complaints of judicial misconduct;
- adopt rules governing the disclosure of gifts, income, or reimbursements received by the Justices and law clerks that are at least as rigorous as the House and Senate disclosure rules; and
- establish procedural rules requiring each party or amicus to disclose any gift, income, or reimbursement provided to Justices.
Additionally, the bill
- expands the circumstances under which a Justice or judge must be disqualified; and
- requires the Supreme Court and the Judicial Conference to establish procedural rules for prohibiting the filing of or striking an amicus brief that would result in the disqualification of a Justice, judge, or magistrate judge.
Cosponsors 98
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Apr 23, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Apr 23, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Analilia Mejia | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | May 13, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | May 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Christian D. Menefee | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jul 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Aug 10, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Aug 10, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Oct 22, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Nov 2, 2026 |
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 May 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Introduced in House
- May 20, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 171, no. 85, May 20, 2025, page H2198.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1814 | Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025 | Identical bill | May 20, 2025 |
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 provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Introduced in House
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