# 119-hr-1109: Litigation Transparency Act of 2025

119-hr-1109, Litigation Transparency Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status in_committee (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1109
- Congress: 119
- Title: Litigation Transparency Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 30
- Policy area: Law
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**Mandatory disclosure of third-party funders in civil lawsuits.** This bill would require parties and their lawyers to tell the court and all named parties who stands to get money or assets that depend on a case and to hand over the agreements that create that right. - Parties: A party must disclose the identity of any non-lawyer who has a contingent right to payment or value and must produce any agreement creating that right for inspection and copying. Disclosures must be made no later than the later of 10 days after the agreement is executed or when the action is filed. - Lawyers: Counsel of record must make the written disclosure and must timely supplement or correct it if it becomes materially incomplete or incorrect. - Third-party funders and beneficiaries: Agreements become discoverable unless the payment right is only repayment of loan principal; repayment plus interest that does not exceed the higher of 7 percent or two times the annual average 30-year Treasury yield for the prior year; or reimbursement of attorney’s fees. - Courts and cases: Courts would receive these disclosures and documents and may manage exceptions or orders. The rule would apply to civil actions pending on or commenced after the date of enactment.

## Cosponsors (30)

- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] (R-TN), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT), 2025-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI), 2025-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] (R-AR), 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH), 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New disclosure rules for civil lawsuits: mixed, medium. If enacted, parties or their lawyers in civil cases would have to tell the court and all named parties, in writing, who else has a right to get paid based on the case’s outcome. They would also have to give the court and each named party the agreement that creates that right, and related documents,…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1109 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1109)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1109 (as of 2026-10-03).