United States · Bill · S
S. 948 (101st)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1989
Introduced
9 May 1989
Last action
6 March 1990 · Committee
Status
Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-829.
Sponsors
Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1989 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Ninth Circuit, composed of the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, consisting of 19 judges, and holding regular sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles; and (2) the Twelfth Circuit, composed of the States of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, consisting of nine judges, and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle.
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Timeline
9 May 1989
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
9 May 1989
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
17 May 1989
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.
Source: Committee
6 March 1990
Committee
Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-829.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · — · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/948
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/s/948
- us · 101-s-948 · source updated 10 August 2026