H.J.Res. 1 Congress 119 session
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to be composed of nine Justices—one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Failed — last recorded action September 2, 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 212 - 206 (Roll no. 293).
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 212 - 206 (Roll no. 293).
- Failed of passage/not agreed to in House On motion to suspend the rules and pass Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 212 - 206 (Roll no. 293).
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5459-5460)
- At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 1.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5443-5451; text: CR H5443)
- Mr. Biggs (AZ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the resolution.
- Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 84.
- Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-732.
- Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-732.
- Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in House
- Introduced in House