H.J.Res. 1 · 119th Congress · Law
Nine-Justice Supreme Court Amendment
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Sep 2, 2026
Roll call ↗212
206
Failed in the House on September 2, 2026.
Latest action: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 212 - 206 (Roll no. 293)
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- CommitteeJul 6, 2026
- Passed HouseSep 2, 2026
- Passed Senate
- To the states
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 2
- all Republicans
- House committee
- Judiciary
- Lobbying
- None read
- No filing read so far names H.J.Res. 1
What it does
This joint resolution would propose a constitutional amendment fixing the size of the Supreme Court of the United States at nine justices, one chief justice and eight associate justices.
How each member voted
The House roll call, house vote, September 2, 2026
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
H.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
This joint resolution would propose a constitutional amendment fixing the size of the Supreme Court of the United States at nine justices, one chief justice and eight associate justices. The amendment would become part of the Constitution only if ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states within seven years of its submission. It did not pass the House (vote 212-206).
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A constitutional amendment does not go to the President: once both chambers pass it by two thirds, it goes to the states.
No organization named this measure in a lobbying filing we could read with confidence. That is not a finding that nobody lobbied it. The disclosure form takes a free text description of the issue, and a reference that could not be pinned to exactly one measure is refused rather than guessed.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2. Our copy holds 2 fewer filings for 2025 Q4 and 7 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q3 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.