House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Justice is BLIND Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 28, United States Code, to require justices, judges, magistrate judges, or bankruptcy judges and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into qualified blind trusts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Johnson D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9784.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 118, July 20, 2026, Page H4682):Article I Section 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9784, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9784
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA).
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- H.R. 5350 (119th) FAIR Act of 2025
- H.R. 6091 (119th) Bivens Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 5032 (119th) Justice is BLIND Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.