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WHAT

What is Senate Committee on the Judiciary working on?

Recent hearings

  • Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on denaturalization and its constitutional limits.

    Jun 3, 2026

    Open Hearing

  • Business meeting to consider S.1133, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S.1146, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, and the nominations of Benjamin M. Flowers, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit,  Michael J. Hendershot, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Jeffrey T. Kuntz, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Arthur Roberts Jones, and John George Edward Marck, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice.

    Jun 4, 2026

    Open Business Meeting

  • Hearings to examine enforcing Callais, focusing on implementing the Supreme Court's gerrymandering.

    May 19, 2026

    Open Hearing

  • Hearings to examine the nominations of Benjamin M. Flowers, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice.

    May 20, 2026

    Open Hearing

  • Business meeting to consider S.3966, to prohibit the enforcement of certain contractual clauses that restrict disclosure of sexual abuse of minors, S.736, to increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a correctional facility, S.825, to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers, S.4394, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve the COPS program with respect to training command-level personnel, S.3897, to revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers' death benefits, S.1890, to establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, S.3041, to allow the U.S. Marshals Service to assist in certain Tribal criminal matters, and the nominations of Justin D. Smith, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, Anthony W. Mattivi, and Anthony J. Powell, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Timothy VerHey, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, James Arnott, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri, Jack Chambers, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, and Jason Holt, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, all of the Department of Justice.

    May 14, 2026

    Open Business Meeting

As of Jun 3, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

Status reflects the bill’s latest action on Congress.gov, which may be past this committee (e.g. a bill “Passed House, in Senate” has cleared this committee and chamber).

Jurisdiction

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary provides oversight of the Department of Justice and the agencies under the Department's jurisdiction, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Homeland Security. It also plays an important role in the consideration of nominations and pending legislation. Any legislation related to civil liberty, constitutional amendments, immigration and naturalization, and a variety of other topics is referred to the Committee.

Committee activity data from Congress.gov. Full methodology

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