House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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 cases within the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court that involve preliminary injunctive relief, and other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Deborah Ross D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6816.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Pages H6024-H6025):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6816, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6816
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Deborah Ross.
- H.R. 9333 (119th) AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act
- H.R. 5528 (119th) America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4525 (119th) Right to FDA-Approved Medicines Act
- H.R. 4959 (119th) Land of the Free Act of 2025
- H.R. 7375 (119th) End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- H.R. 7711 (119th) No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act
Related bills
- S. 3533 (119th) Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.