Judicial Conduct and Disability Reform Act of 2026

This bill changes how complaints of misconduct or disability against federal judges are handled. It limits orders that stop new cases from being assigned to a judge to one year at a time and two years in total, and requires the judicial council to end the suspension, renew it, or ask the judge to retire. It requires a chief judge to ask the Chief Justice to move a complaint against a federal appeals court judge to another circuit if the complaint is not dismissed or concluded early. It also requires notice to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees of certain actions, lets a suspended judge seek limited constitutional review in a court of appeals once a suspension passes one year, and requires judges to step aside from complaint proceedings where their impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

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Sponsors

• Scott Fitzgerald Republican sponsor
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