Recent legislative efforts have advanced modestly but stalled short of enactment. The House passed H.R. 7008 in July 2026, restricting new individual stock purchases by members, spouses, and dependents while permitting existing holdings with advance sale notice; the measure included a voter identification provision viewed by opponents as a procedural obstacle. Senate companion bills cleared committee earlier but have not reached a floor vote, where a 60-vote threshold would likely be required. As of mid-September 2026, no comprehensive ban has cleared both chambers, amid ongoing disclosures of congressional trading activity and partisan differences over scope, exemptions, and timing. These procedural and political barriers underpin trader consensus that no such prohibition will take effect before 2027.