US Congress · 119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 5125Passed Origin Chamber

District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025

Source of recordUS Congress · congress.govLast synced Jul 14, 2026

Chamber

House

Progress

Where this bill stands in the legislative process.

Introduced
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became Law

Overview

This bill ends the operation of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, which currently recommends potential judges to the President for the District’s courts. The bill shifts the responsibility for appointing chief judges directly to the President. It also modifies the process for judicial nominations, removing the commission’s role in selecting candidates from a recommended list. This change aims to give the President more direct control over the selection of judges in the District of Columbia.

Key provisions

Terminates the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission.
Requires the President to appoint chief judges for the District’s courts.
Removes the commission’s role in recommending judicial nominees to the President.
Changes the process for judicial nominations to rely solely on the President’s selection.
Modifies the qualifications section of the District’s judicial appointment process.
Updates the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to reflect these changes.

Who is affected

Residents of the District of Columbia
Judges in the District of Columbia courts
The President of the United States
The Judicial Branch of the District of Columbia

Notable changes

Shifts authority for chief judge appointments from the commission to the President.

Bill text

Read the latest version inline or switch to a previous version.

Sep 4, 2025XMLView source

Text extraction is in progress. View the official source.

Legislative history

16 recorded actions · showing the most recent 12

Sep 10, 2025House

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Sep 15, 2025House

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 707 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

Sep 17, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 17, 2025House

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 211 (Roll no. 274). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4375)

Sep 17, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 211 (Roll no. 274). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4375: 5)

Sep 17, 2025House

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4394)

Sep 17, 2025House

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 5125, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Garcia (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

Sep 17, 2025House

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

Sep 17, 2025House

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5125.

Sep 17, 2025House

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

Sep 17, 2025House

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4375)

Sep 18, 2025Senate

Received in the Senate.

Votes

Recorded roll calls and chamber actions on this bill.

Vote map

US House by district

Loading map data

Updating map data

0 districts with vote data

Nay

Yea

Floor votes and chamber actions

Recorded roll calls list how each member voted. Unanimous consent or voice vote appears in the official action history without a roll call; no member-level tally is available for those steps.

Recorded roll calls

Geography

Recorded positions across the country.

No public positions recorded for this legislation.

Arguments

Reasons offered for and against this legislation.

Arguments in favor

No arguments in favor have been submitted.

Submit yours

Arguments opposed

No arguments opposed have been submitted.

Submit yours

District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025

Progress