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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8647

Representative Green's Original Legislation to increase from 9 to 13 the number of justices of the Supreme Court.

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Introduced 2026-05-04Topic: governance ethics

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This bill would change federal law to increase the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court from 9 to 13. It does this by raising the number of associate justices from eight to twelve, alongside the Chief Justice. It would also change the number of justices needed for a quorum, the minimum required for the Court to conduct business, from six to eight.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-05-04HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2026-05-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-05-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.