Introduce legislation to remove Arizona from the 9th Federal Circuit and create a new 12th Federal Circuit.

Andy Biggs · Arizona · Republican

policy impact 0.71 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Remove Arizona from the 9th Federal Circuit Court, creating a new 12th Federal Circuit

A pledge to sponsor a judicial-realignment bill moving Arizona out of the Ninth Circuit and creating a new circuit.

Promises Made | Biggs for Congress
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Evidence

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By Mr. BIGGS of Arizona: H.R. 101. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide the ninth judicial circuit of the United States into 2 circuits.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Congressional Record entry shows Biggs introduced H.R. 101 to split the Ninth Circuit into two circuits, matching the promised legislation.

delivered same_term A for effort

Congressional Record — House (GovInfo)
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 99%

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Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (Introduced 01/03/2025). The bill amends title 28 to divide the ninth judicial circuit of the United States into 2 circuits, and establishes a Twelfth Circuit composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov bill text confirms Biggs introduced the circuit-splitting bill and that it creates a new Twelfth Circuit including Arizona.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 101 - Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Andy Biggs as sponsor, introduced 01/03/2025; latest action remains referral to House Judiciary the same day.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official actions page confirms Biggs introduced H.R. 101 and, as of this refresh, the bill has not advanced beyond introduction/referral. The promise was to introduce legislation, so this supports delivered despite no later passage.

delivered later_term

Actions - H.R.101 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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The introduced bill divides the Ninth Circuit and adds a Twelfth Circuit including Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text matches the commitment: it removes Arizona from the reconfigured Ninth Circuit and places Arizona in a newly created Twelfth Circuit.

delivered later_term

H.R. 101 - Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. later_term

The promise was specifically to introduce legislation removing Arizona from the Ninth Circuit and creating a new Twelfth Circuit. In federal office, Andy Biggs sponsored H.R. 101 in the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025, and the bill text would place Arizona in a new Twelfth Circuit. Because the 2020 campaign term would have been the 117th Congress, this was fulfilled in a later congressional term, but still by Biggs himself in the same federal office context. Passage was not required by the wording of the promise.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. later_term

Biggs promised to introduce legislation removing Arizona from the Ninth Circuit and creating a new Twelfth Circuit. The evidence shows he sponsored H.R. 101 on January 3, 2025, which amends title 28 to divide the Ninth Circuit and establish a Twelfth Circuit including Arizona. That satisfies the promised action of introducing legislation. Because the promise was tied to the 2020 House campaign and the bill was introduced in a later congressional term, timing is later_term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%