{"bill":{"id":"119-s-1814","congress":119,"type":"S","number":1814,"title":"Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2025-05-20","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"W000802","fullName":"Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]","party":"D","state":"RI","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":35,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-05-20","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary."},"policyArea":"Law","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-05-20","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-20","text":"Introduced in Senate","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill makes various changes related to the ethical standards, financial disclosure requirements, and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court Justices.</p><p>Among the changes, the bill requires the Supreme Court to</p><ul><li>adopt a code of conduct for Justices and establish procedures to receive and investigate complaints of judicial misconduct;</li><li>adopt rules governing the disclosure of gifts, income,&nbsp;or reimbursements received by the Justices and law clerks that are at least as rigorous as the House and Senate disclosure rules; and</li><li>establish procedural rules requiring each party or amicus to disclose any gift, income, or reimbursement provided to Justices.</li></ul><p>Additionally, the bill</p><ul><li>expands the circumstances under which a Justice or judge must be disqualified; and</li><li>requires the Supreme Court and the Judicial Conference to establish procedural rules for prohibiting the filing of or striking an amicus brief that would result in the disqualification of a Justice, judge, or magistrate judge.</li></ul>","updateDate":"2026-10-07T20:21:59Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8002,"ts":"2026-10-13T14:10:43.328Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Supreme%20Court%20Ethics%2C%20Recusal%2C%20and%20Transparency%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}