H.R. 6816 119th Congress House

Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2025

Official title: To improve the administration of justice by requiring written explanations by the Supreme Court of its decisions and the disclosure of votes by justices in cas… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To improve the administration of justice by requiring written explanations by the Supreme Court of its decisions and the disclosure of votes by justices in cases within the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court that involve preliminary injunctive relief, and other purposes.

Introduced: December 17, 2025 Introduced by: Deborah K. Ross Democratic · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
for PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
for PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
for PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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Cosponsors 5

McBath, Lucy

Georgia · Jan 13, 2026

Correa, J. Luis

California · Dec 17, 2025

Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"

Georgia · Dec 17, 2025

Raskin, Jamie

Maryland · Dec 17, 2025

Scanlon, Mary Gay

Pennsylvania · Dec 17, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6816: Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6816/

MLA

"H.R. 6816: Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6816/.

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H.R. 6816, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6816/.

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[H.R. 6816: Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6816/)