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119th Congress

S. 1814

Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse(D-RI)
Introduced
May 20, 2025
Policy area
Law
Committees
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (35)

Original cosponsors (26)

Added later (9)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version

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.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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