# 115-hr-1960: Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017

115-hr-1960, Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY); status ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1960, a bill originally introduced by Representative Slaughter of New York, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-1960
- Congress: 115
- Title: Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
- Status: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1960, a bill originally introduced by Representative Slaughter of New York, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
- Introduced: 2017-04-05
- Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 96
- Policy area: Law
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017 The bill requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.

## Cosponsors (96)

- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER VISCLOSKY (D-IN), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2017-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2017-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2017-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2017-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- SANDER LEVIN (D-MI), 2017-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2018-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY), 2018-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2018-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2018-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2018-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2018-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2018-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2017-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2017-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] (D-TN), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2018-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2018-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2018-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2018-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017
- 115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-1960 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1960)

## Related
- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
- [115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3440)
- [115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1235)
- [115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-502)
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5087)
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