S 2512 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Supreme Court Ethics Act

Summary

Supreme Court Ethics Act This bill establishes a new statutory requirement for the Judicial Conference of the United States to issue a judicial code of conduct for judges and justices of U.S. courts, including Justices of the Supreme Court. Currently, the Judicial Conference issues a code of conduct for judges of U.S. courts (but not for Justices of the Supreme Court).

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Jul 28, 2021 Last action Jul 28, 2021

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Full legislative history

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Committee

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Jul 28, 2021

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

upper

Jul 28, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 30 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Christopher Murphy

Benjamin L. Cardin

Bernard Sanders

Catherine Cortez Masto

Chris Van Hollen

Debbie Stabenow

Dianne Feinstein

Edward J. Markey