US Congress Senate Bill 4183 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on July 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes requirements for federal judicial nomination communications (i.e., advertisements). First, the bill requires a covered organization (e.g., corporation, labor organization, or political committee) that spends more than $50,000 in a calendar year on federal judicial nomination communications to file a statement with the Federal Election Commission. Further, the bill outlines the timing requirements for the statement and its required contents, including the disclosure of certain donors. Next, the bill requires federal judicial nomination communications to contain disclaimers that identify the person who funded the communication. Finally, it prohibits foreign nationals and foreign-influenced corporations from funding a federal judicial nomination communication.

Judicial Ads Act

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB8459 (Related) 2020-09-30 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4183/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4183/BILLS-116s4183is.pdf