Legislation· Jan 2025Sponsored by Todd Young (R)
JUDGES Act of 2024
Would have added 63 permanent federal district judges by 2035, plus 3 temporary judges in Oklahoma.
Tradeoff
Would have authorized about $13 million a year at first, rising to about $61 million by 2035. Would also have required federal watchdog reports on court caseloads and detention space.
What's in it
The Senate passed the bill by on August 1, 2024. The House passed it 236-173 on December 12, 2024, and the bill was then vetoed.
Senate
Introduced
(Apr 19, 2024)
Senate
Committee on the Judiciary(Apr 19, 2024)
Senate
The Committee on the Judiciary voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Jun 13, 2024)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Aug 1, 2024)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Aug 6, 2024)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #501 · Dec 12, 2024)
236 yeanay 173House
Sent to the President
(Dec 20, 2024)
White House
Vetoed(Jan 3, 2025)
Joe Biden (D)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA)
Final passage· Dec 12, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025