Judicial Ethics: Financial Conflict of Interest Rules for Judges
The Judicial Integrity Act was sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 20, 2026. It has not moved since that date and remains under review by the committee. Most bills do not receive a vote at this stage, and no further action has been scheduled.
Companion bill: Ethics Rules for Federal Judges and Court Staff →This bill lacks bipartisan support and faces a difficult path through the committee process in a divided Congress.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Companion
Identical companion bill S. 5036 (119th) was introduced in the other chamber.
S. 5036 (119th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Federal judges and Supreme Court justices, who are officers and employees of the judicial branch, would become subject to the same criminal conflict-of-interest law that currently applies mainly to executive branch officials. Judges could face criminal liability for ruling on or handling cases where they have a personal financial stake, unless the Judicial Conference formally exempts that type of interest as too minor to matter. This adds a new layer of legal accountability and potential criminal exposure for the roughly 1,700 active federal judges and justices, while also giving them a formal path (via Judicial Conference rulemaking) to get narrow exemptions.
“of the judicial branch of the United States Government (including a Federal judge or a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States),”
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Judicial Integrity Act
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