H.R. 5125 · 119th Congress · Law
District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Sep 17, 2025
Roll call ↗218
211
Passed the House.
Passed the House on September 17, 2025.
Latest action: Received in the Senate
- IntroducedSep 4, 2025
- CommitteeSep 4, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 2
- all Republicans
- House committee
- Oversight and Government Reform
- Lobbying
- At least 6
- organizations named it2025 Q3 to 2026 Q3
What it does
Abolishes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission and transfers its role to the President.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, September 17, 2025
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
Abolishes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission and transfers its role to the President. It strikes section 434 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, which established the Commission, and amends the related provisions so the President nominates D.C. judges directly rather than from a list recommended by the Commission, and designates chief judges himself. Conforming changes remove references to the Commission from the judge-qualification rules and the D.C. Official Code, and the change applies to appointments made on or after enactment.
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 bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 6 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 17 quarterly reports filed by 6 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; American Civil Liberties Union; Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; League of Women Voters of the U.S.; American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 1 other is not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
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, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 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.