Justice is BLIND Act of 2026

This bill would require federal justices, judges, magistrate judges, and bankruptcy judges, along with their spouses and dependent children, to place stocks, commodities, futures, and similar investments into a qualified blind trust. Current judges would have 90 days after the law takes effect, and new judges would have 90 days after being sworn in. Diversified mutual funds, U.S. Treasury bonds, and pay that a spouse or child earns from an employer would not be covered. The trust could not be dissolved until 180 days after the judge leaves office. Judges would have to attest in writing that the trust was set up or that they have no covered investments, and these attestations would be posted on a public online database.

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Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors