S 8848 — Enacts the "Clock Should Stop Act"
Congress · introduced 2026-01-09
Requires the state board of law examiners to establish protocols for addressing emergencies that occur during the administration of the bar examination, and to provide testing accommodations for persons who have applied for examination for admission to practice and are the subject of, or a witness to, or are affected by the emergency.
Latest action: 2026-05-14 — SENATE_FLOOR
Sponsors
- John Liu (—, NY-16) — sponsor · 2026-01-09
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.1019
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
- · senate — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Text versions
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Inbound (1)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | John Liu | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-09 · sponsored by John Liu (sponsor) · sponsorship