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H.R. 4766: Supreme Court Ethics Act

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H.R. 4766: Supreme Court Ethics Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-28 · Law · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Supreme Court Ethics Act

Plain 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).

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Official text

Supreme Court Ethics Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · 133 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 73 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] reported raising $514,399 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4766 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117