H.R. 5125 · 119th CongressStatus not classified

District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025

Latest action. Received in the Senate. · September 18, 2025

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What this bill would do

Official summary · Congressional Research Service

District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act

This bill terminates the District of Columbia (DC) Judicial Nomination Commission.

Currently, the commission recommends to the President nominees for judges for DC's Superior Court and Court of Appeals, who must then be confirmed by the Senate. The commission also appoints the chief judges for these courts. The bill terminates the commission's involvement in nominations and requires the President to appoint the chief judges.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 4, 2025. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status

Latest action, as recorded

September 18, 2025

Received in the Senate.

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Where is it in the process, and what happens next?

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The record's latest action, on September 18, 2025: Received in the Senate.

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In the 118th Congress (2023-24), 274 of the 16,565 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 1.7 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.

This one has no outstanding steps listed above.

Has anyone actually voted on it?

Yes. 1 recorded roll-call vote cites this measure, listed further down this page with every member's position.

Who is behind it?

Pete Sessions (R-TX) introduced it on September 4, 2025, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They are 2 Republicans.

Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.

How long has it been in play?

It was introduced on September 4, 2025, 371 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 357 days ago, on September 18, 2025.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 119th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2027 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.

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Vote history

House
Passed on a recorded vote (official bill record may lag)
218–211 Passed · September 17, 2025
Senate
Awaiting Senate vote
President
Not stated in the latest action

House · On PassagePassed

On Passage

Yea 218 Nay 211 Present / not voting 3

Official roll callSeptember 17, 2025

What this bill covers

Policy area

Law

Subject terms

Advisory bodiesDistrict of ColumbiaJudgesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsState and local courts

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Constitutional protections

No protections are clearly tagged for this record.

Sponsor

Pete Sessions · 2 cosponsors

2 Republicans

Committees

No committee data.

Related measures

S. 2854
Identical bill · September 18, 2025
District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act
H.Res. 707
Related bill · March 25, 2026
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes.

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Sources & evidence

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