House Committee on the Judiciary

The judiciary and judicial proceedings, federal courts and judges, constitutional amendments, civil liberties, criminal law enforcement, immigration policy and enforcement, bankruptcy, patents, copyrights and trademarks, apportionment of Representatives, interstate compacts, and claims against the United States.

House Committee on the Judiciary has 44 members, made up of 24 Republicans, 19 Democrats and 1 other. Jim Jordan chairs it. Jamie Raskin is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. House committee assignments are made at the start of each 2-year Congress, so membership can change substantially after every general election. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.

Jurisdiction source: House Rule X

How business reaches this committee

House Rule X gives this committee the subjects above. Each bill introduced in the House is referred to the committee whose Rule X jurisdiction covers its primary subject, and a bill that spans several subjects can go to more than one committee at once. This committee then decides whether to hold hearings, amend the text and report it to the floor.

Subcommittees

The committee divides its work among 6 subcommittees:

  • Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
  • Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
  • Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
  • Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
  • Subcommittee on Oversight
  • Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government

Who serves on it

44 representatives sit on the committee: 24 Republicans, 19 Democrats, and 1 independent. That gives the majority 24 of the 44 seats. Jim Jordan is the chair. Jamie Raskin is the ranking member. They sit for 44 districts, and each of those districts has its own page on this site.

Following its work

Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at Browse all 435 districts.

Members

44 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.

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