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Judiciary Committee

Committee on the Judiciary

954 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

8,611 across the 13 Congresses on file, more in this Congress than in any other. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members
22

Seated in the 119th Congress

Subcommittees
7

Each with its own members and record

Meetings
94

Hearings and business meetings in the 119th Congress

Members 22

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

Subcommittees 7

Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. Every Congress on file.

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. Every Congress on file.

NumberCommunicationReferred
EC-1292A communication from the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting additional legislative proposals that the Department of Defense requests be enacted during the first session of the 118th Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Executive communicationJun 1, 2023
POM-27A resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, California, condemning the passage of "Red-Baiting" House Concurrent Resolution 9, and urging the United States Congress not to engage in, vote for, or otherwise support fearmongering and red-baiting by the federal government; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Petition or memorialJun 1, 2023
POM-26A resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, California, urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the President's Administration to reject the recent attack on San Francisco's long-standing Sanctuary Ordinance and urging DHS to extradite the accused individuals without further delay; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Petition or memorialJun 1, 2023
POM-25A resolution adopted by the City Council of Durham, North Carolina, urging the Executive Office of the President to act immediately to designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Guatemala, and calls on the Department of Homeland Security to grant a TPS designation for Guatemalans currently residing in the United States, a program that provides support to people fleeing uncertainty, natural disasters, and violence; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Petition or memorialJun 1, 2023
POM-24A joint resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee urging the United States Congress to enact legislation that will make state child abuse registries public records; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Petition or memorialJun 1, 2023
POM-23A concurrent memorial adopted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona urging the United States Congress to enact H.R. 9174, the State Immigration Enforcement Act, or similar legislation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Petition or memorialJun 1, 2023
POM-22A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma stating that a delegation of commissioners selected as provided in this resolution shall be authorized to attend and participate in a gathering of states proposed by any state legislature for the purposes of developing rules and procedures for an Article V Convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget, or to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and to limit the terms of office for federal officials and members of Congress and for proposing an initial date and location for the meeting of the several states in an Article V Convention; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Petition or memorialJun 1, 2023
EC-1222A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Annual Report to Congress on Investigation, Enforcement, and Implementation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Requirements" received in the Office of the President pro tempore; to the Committee on the Judiciary.Executive communicationMay 11, 2023

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawReportsMeetingsPrinted hearingsNominationsCommunicationsPrints
119th2025–2026, sitting2495441519442292050
118th2023–20242383425141104762292690
117th2021–20222283531331132763002270
116th2019–202022738192228542772620
115th2017–20182266729297—63583371
114th2015–20162053231208—391122613
113th2013–20141843729108—822552870
112th2011–201218485662215—1042142531
111th2009–201021601552916—1243162291
110th2007–2008197041604439—1291772851
109th2005–20061860243174—1361772891
108th2003–2004196351143213—1102092881
107th2001–2002195871132816—1164503521

Earlier subcommittees 13

Subcommittees this committee once had, under their last names, with the Congresses they sat. Each has its own record.

Membership changes 18

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled, newest first, each with the official record.

DateMemberChangeRecord
Jul 21, 2026Darline Graham R-SCJoinedS.Res. 810
Jun 24, 2026Lindsey Graham R-SCLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Dec 10, 2024Adam B. Schiff D-CAJoinedS.Res. 926
Dec 5, 2024Laphonza R. Butler D-CALeft CongressLast recorded vote
Oct 17, 2023Laphonza R. Butler D-CAJoinedS.Res. 411
Sep 28, 2023Dianne Feinstein D-CALeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jan 9, 2018Cory A. Booker D-NJJoinedS.Res. 370
Jan 9, 2018Kamala D. Harris D-CAJoinedS.Res. 370
Dec 21, 2017Al Franken D-MNLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jan 8, 2015Chuck Grassley R-IABecame ChairS.Res. 23
Nov 15, 2010Christopher A. Coons D-DEJoinedS.Res. 674
Sep 29, 2010Edward E. Kaufman D-DELeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jul 7, 2009Ron Wyden D-ORLeft the committeeS.Res. 208
Jul 7, 2009Al Franken D-MNJoinedS.Res. 208
May 5, 2009Arlen Specter D-PANo longer Ranking MemberS.Res. 131
May 5, 2009Jeff Sessions R-ALBecame Ranking MemberS.Res. 131
Jul 10, 2001John Edwards D-NCJoinedCongressional Record, S7417
Jul 10, 2001Patrick J. Leahy D-VTBecame ChairCongressional Record, S7417

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