S4199: JUDGES Act of 2024
118th Congress (2023–2025) · Senate bill · Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
This page covers S4199 in the 118th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so S4199 in another Congress is a different bill.
118th Congress (2023–2025) · Senate bill · Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
This page covers S4199 in the 118th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so S4199 in another Congress is a different bill.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2024-12-12: Passed |
| Latest action | 2025-01-03: Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk. |
| Policy area | Law |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024 or the JUDGES Act of 2024This bill creates 63 new permanent U. S. district court judgeships over a 10-year period and 3 temporary U. S. district court judgeships in 2025. The President must appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, additional judges for specified judicial districts. Specifically, the bill creates 63 additional permanent judgeships, which are added every two years from 2025 through 2035. The state and the total number of judgeships added over the 10-year period for the state are as follows: Arizona (2), California (21),Colorado (2),Delaware (2), Florida (9), Georgia (2), Idaho (1), Indiana (1), Iowa (1), Nebraska (1),New Jersey (3), New York (5), and Texas (13). Additionally, in 2025, the bill creates three temporary judgeships in Oklahoma. The bill adds locations for where district courts must be held in certain states. Specifically, the bill requires the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California to be additionally held in El Centro, California; the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division) to be additionally held in College Station, Texas; and the U. S. District Court for the District of Utah (Central Division) to be additionally held in Moab and Monticello, Utah. The Government Accountability Office must submit reports to Congress on judicial caseloads and detention space. The Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts must make publicly accessible, and submit to Congress, a specified biennial report on judgeship…
Subjects: Arizona, California, Colorado, Congressional oversight, Delaware, Federal district courts, Florida, Georgia, Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-12 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 208 | 153 | 8 | Official tally |
S4199 (JUDGES Act of 2024) was introduced in the 118th Congress (2023–2025) by Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN].
On 2025-01-03: Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk.
1 recorded vote in the 118th Congress. The most recent, on 2024-12-12, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.