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H.J.Res. 8: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

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H.J.Res. 8: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

118th Congress · introduced 2023-01-09 · Law · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-01-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

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Official text

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hjres8.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hjres>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] · 152 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Jim Banks (R-IN), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), James R. Baird (R-IN), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Barry Moore (R-AL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Cory Mills (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Jack Bergman (R-MI), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Scott Perry (R-PA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) and 92 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hjres8 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118