S 3998 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024

The Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024 makes permanent 10 temporary federal district court judgeships in specific judicial districts, including Hawaii, Kansas, and multiple districts across Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas. It achieves this by amending federal law to treat these positions as permanent, so current judges in those roles will now hold their positions under permanent authority rather than temporary appointments. The bill also updates the official U.S. Code table listing authorized judgeships to reflect these new permanent numbers for each district. This directly affects the federal courts in the specified districts by ending the temporary status of these judgeships and providing long-term stability to their staffing.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
House Passage
Dec 2024
Signed into Law
Dec 2024
Introduced Mar 20, 2024 Signed Dec 23, 2024
Floor votes · House Dec 16, 2024

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Dec 23, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Dec 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 390 - 0 (Roll no. 503). (text: CR H7172)
lower
Apr 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2928-2929; text: CR S2929)
upper
Apr 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Apr 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Mar 20, 2024
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 20, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors

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