House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Right to Trial Act
Official title: To protect the constitutional right to trial and discourage imposition of extended sentences for defendants who elect to go to trial instead of accepting a plea offer, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. H. Griffith R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9095.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 93, June 2, 2026, Page H3775):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution as well as Amendment XVISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9095, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9095
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 26, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
558a677617f7f99f3532c053991d4df70e9012fa81f25120ff5bf6ffa576716f
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 June 26, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Griffith.
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- H.R. 7211 (119th) To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3632 (119th) Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 6028 (119th) Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
- H.Res. 1075 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy…
- H.Res. 1275 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5625) to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of each State and…
Related bills
- H.R. 8856 (118th) Right to Trial ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 8092 (117th) Right to Trial ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.