Judicial Records: Public Access Expansion
A senate committee must act next: committee consideration.
While transparency is a popular topic, the judiciary often resists legislative oversight, and the bill currently lacks the bipartisan support needed to pass a divided Congress.
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
Judges, court staff, federal defenders, and Administrative Office personnel would become subject to new public records requests covering complaints, investigations, disciplinary orders, and performance reports about them. This increases scrutiny and reduces privacy for judiciary personnel, even though it also creates new accountability tools for the public.
“Any complaint, investigation, and order against a judge or other court personnel.”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Judicial FOIA Expansion Act
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