A Democratic bill with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The bill is known as the Justice is BLIND Act of 2026. It requires federal justices, judges, magistrate judges, and bankruptcy judges, along with their spouses and dependent children, to place certain financial assets into qualified blind trusts. The bill gives current judges 90 days after enactment to comply, and new judges 90 days after taking office. It also requires these officials to submit a written attestation about their blind trusts or lack of covered financial interests within 15 days of establishment, which will be posted publicly online by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
Yes
- Scored +7
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires financial attestations to be made available on a searchable internet database.
The opposite
- Scored -4
Would people with substantial wealth be better off under this?
The bill restricts the control and dissolution of certain high-value financial interests for a period after leaving office.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Greater Accountability for Judges: Under Section 2, adding subsection (g)(3) to title 28, judges and their families must either place their covered financial interests into a qualified blind trust and attest to it in writing, or attest that they do not hold any covered financial interests. This ensures the public knows whether their judges have potential financial conflicts of interest.
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Public Transparency: Under Section 2, adding subsection (g)(3)(B) to title 28, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is required to make these written attestations available on a searchable internet database. This helps everyday citizens hold their judicial officials accountable by making financial information easily accessible.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Restrictions on Family Finances: Under Section 2, adding subsection (g)(2)(A) and (g)(2)(B) to title 28, the spouses and dependent children of judges are also strictly required to place their covered financial interests into qualified blind trusts within specific timeframes. This places a direct legal burden and operational restriction on the private financial activities of family members who were not personally elected or appointed to public office.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires financial attestations to be made available on a searchable internet database.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people with substantial wealth be better off under this? — The bill restricts the control and dissolution of certain high-value financial interests for a period after leaving office.
- 9/23/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/20/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
Andy KimDemocrat · New Jersey