Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
This resolution formalizes a censure of Representative Al Green for interrupting the State of the Union and related conduct. A censure is the House publicly rebuking one of its members; it is a formal reprimand rather than a criminal punishment or a change in law. The text requires Representative Green to present himself in the well of the House so the Speaker can publicly read the censure. This is an internal disciplinary action the House can adopt under its own rules.
This is a House-only resolution that would be adopted by the House of Representatives and is not sent to the President and does not create binding law. Adoption is an internal House proceeding, normally decided by a majority vote and enforceable as a chamber disciplinary action.
This resolution formally censures Representative Al Green (TX) for disrupting the February 24, 2026 joint session during the State of the Union Address.
It notes this was his second removal in under a year for similar conduct and directs Representative Green to appear in the House well for a public reading of the censure by the Speaker.
Content is narrow and administratively simple so House adoption is plausible, but political contention reduces likelihood; not a law in the ordinary sense.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a succinct, primarily symbolic disciplinary resolution that clearly states the conduct at issue and prescribes the core remedial steps (censure, Member presentation, and public reading), but it omits procedural contingencies, specific rule citations, and enforcement mechanisms.
Free-speech and protest versus enforcing institutional decorum
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Free-speech and protest versus enforcing institutional decorum
Likely skeptical of the censure as punitive and potentially politically motivated.
Supports institutional rules but worries this moves beyond necessary discipline and could chill protest inside Congress.
Views the resolution as an understandable enforcement of rules but expects due process and proportionality.
May support censure if procedural fairness is evident.
Likely strongly supportive, seeing censure as appropriate for breaches of decorum and patriotic disrespect during the President's address.
Views it as necessary to uphold order.
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Content is narrow and administratively simple so House adoption is plausible, but political contention reduces likelihood; not a law in the ordinary sense.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Free-speech and protest versus enforcing institutional decorum
Content is narrow and administratively simple so House adoption is plausible, but political contention reduces likelihood; not a law in the…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a succinct, primarily symbolic disciplinary resolution that clearly states the conduct at issue and prescribes the core remedial steps (censure, Member presentatio…
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