S. 4183: Judicial Ads Act
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S. 4183: Judicial Ads Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-02 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Judicial Ads Act
Plain summary
Judicial Ads Act This bill establishes requirements for federal judicial nomination communications (i.e., advertisements). First, the bill requires a covered organization (e.g., corporation, labor organization, or political committee) that spends more than $50,000 in a calendar year on federal judicial nomination communications to file a statement with the Federal Election Commission. Further, the bill outlines the timing requirements for the statement and its required contents, including the disclosure of certain donors. Next, the bill requires federal judicial nomination communications to contain disclaimers that identify the person who funded the communication. Finally, it prohibits foreign nationals and foreign-influenced corporations from funding a federal judicial nomination communication.
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Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · 13 cosponsors
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4183.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s4183 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116