S 393
116th Congress
Senate
Law
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judges
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Ethics Act
Introduced: February 7, 2019
Introduced by:
Murphy, Christopher
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Supreme Court Ethics Act
This bill establishes a new statutory requirement for the Judicial Conference of the United States (Judicial Conference) 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).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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