Sponsors (12)
The resolution prioritizes House floor efficiency and procedural clarity by raising cosponsor thresholds for member-conduct privileged resolutions, at the cost of restricting smaller members' ability to raise accountability complaints, potentially delaying responses to serious issues and reducing some transparency.
House members gain clearer, predictable procedural thresholds for when member-conduct privileged resolutions are in order for the remainder of the 119th Congress, reducing uncertainty about when such motions can be offered.
The House floor and its schedule are less likely to be consumed by repeated or narrow privilege complaints because leaders must secure broad cosponsor support before offering them, which can conserve floor time for other legislative business.
Smaller groups or minority coalitions of members will be effectively blocked from bringing member-conduct privileged resolutions unless they reach a high cosponsor threshold, limiting a tool for holding members accountable.
Requiring large cosponsor support may delay or prevent timely consideration of serious member-conduct issues until broad backing is mustered, risking slower responses and potential erosion of public trust.
Waiving oral announcement formalities for privilege resolutions can reduce transparency about the substance and timing of forthcoming complaints, leaving members and the public less informed.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
For the remainder of the 119th Congress, raises the cosponsor requirement for member-conduct "questions of privilege" to one-fifth of the House and bars announcements unless that threshold is maintained one legislative day.
Official title: Relating to questions of privilege in the House of Representatives during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Introduced February 3, 2026 by Dustin Johnson · Last progress February 3, 2026
Prohibits the House Chair from considering “questions of privilege” resolutions that address the conduct of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner during the remainder of the 119th Congress unless the resolution has at least one-fifth of House members as cosponsors when offered. It also bars announcing an intent to offer such a resolution unless the one-fifth cosponsor threshold is maintained for at least one legislative day after introduction, while waiving oral announcement formalities and excluding certain discipline matters already covered by an existing House Rule clause.