502 Days Late: The 10 Worst STOCK Act Delays in Recent Memory

The law says 45 days. These ten members took up to 502. The fine for blowing the deadline is $200.

By Beltway Alpha · Edited by Sean Baptiste · Published 2026-09-22

Ritchie John Torres purchased shares of McKesson Corporation on January 7, 2025. He disclosed it 547 days later, on July 8, 2026. That's 502 days past the STOCK Act's 45-day deadline. The rule is not complicated: buy or sell a stock, report it within 45 days, let the public see what you're doing with your portfolio while you're busy legislating. These ten members apparently found that timeline aspirational. Ranked by days late, worst to least-worst.

#10 Susie Lee

Purchase of $HOLX ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2021-09-30. Disclosed 2022-08-13. 272 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Susie Lee rounds out the list at 272 days late on a Hologic purchase from September 2021. Hologic makes women's health diagnostics equipment. Lee was on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee at the time. The trade was small. The wait was not.

#9 Julia Letlow

Sale of $ACN (1K-15K) on 2025-01-15. Disclosed 2026-01-14. 319 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Julia Letlow sold Accenture shares in January 2025. The disclosure arrived in January 2026, 319 days past the deadline. Accenture is one of the largest federal IT contractors in existence. Letlow sits on the House Appropriations Committee. These things are probably unrelated.

#8 John Hickenlooper

Sale of $PLTR (1K-15K) on 2025-04-16. Disclosed 2026-05-05. 339 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

John Hickenlooper sold Palantir Technologies shares in April 2025 and got around to disclosing it 339 days late. Palantir has federal defense and intelligence contracts worth billions. Hickenlooper is on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Good thing nobody's watching.

#7 John Fetterman

Purchase of $FCBN (1K-15K) on 2025-04-24. Disclosed 2026-05-15. 341 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

John Fetterman disclosed a purchase of First Community Bancorp shares 341 days after the deadline. A community bank stock is about as low-voltage a filing as Congress produces. He still couldn't get it in on time.

#6 Val Hoyle

Sale of $LA (1K-15K) on 2025-04-02. Disclosed 2026-05-15. 363 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Val Hoyle's sale of a Laureate Education stake from April 2025 came in at 363 days past deadline. Laureate operates for-profit universities. Hoyle serves on the House Education and Workforce Committee. The filing was late. The subject matter was not subtle.

#5 John Boozman

Sale of $DTE (1K-15K) on 2025-03-19. Disclosed 2026-05-11. 373 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

John Boozman sold DTE Energy shares in March 2025 and disclosed it 373 days late. DTE is a regulated utility that lobbies Congress on energy policy. Boozman sits on the Senate Agriculture and Environment committees, which touch energy at the edges. Prompt disclosure was, apparently, not the priority.

#4 Daniel Webster

Sale of $REXR (15K-50K) on 2025-02-26. Disclosed 2026-06-01. 415 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Daniel Webster's Rexford Industrial Realty sale in late February 2025 came in 415 days late. Rexford is a Southern California industrial real estate investment trust. Webster represents Florida. The geography is fine. The timeline is the issue.

#3 Tim Walberg

Purchase of $AMZN (1K-15K) on 2025-02-07. Disclosed 2026-06-03. 436 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Tim Walberg's Amazon.com purchase from February 2025 sat unreported for 436 days past the deadline. The irony is that Amazon ships packages faster than Walberg ships paperwork. The House Commerce Committee, on which members routinely weigh in on e-commerce regulation, thanks him for his transparency.

#2 Julie Johnson

Purchase of $MMM ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2025-03-15. Disclosed 2026-08-05. 463 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Julie Johnson took 463 days past deadline to report a 3M Company purchase made in March 2025. She had enough time to watch a full congressional session come and go before the filing showed up. The disclosure system is built on the honor code. Johnson's version of honor runs on a 16-month clock.

#1 Ritchie John Torres

Purchase of $MCK ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2025-01-07. Disclosed 2026-07-08. 502 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Torres holds the record in this dataset at 502 days late on a McKesson Corporation purchase. McKesson is one of the three companies that distribute the majority of prescription drugs in the United States, and Torres sits in a chamber that votes on drug pricing. The calendar does the rest of the work here.

The STOCK Act has been law since 2012. The penalty for a late disclosure is $200. Not $200,000. Not a referral. Not a hearing. Two hundred dollars, which for a sitting member of Congress rounds to a rounding error on a rounding error.

The receipts are public. Make of them what you make of them.

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502 Days Late: The 10 Worst STOCK Act Delays in Recent Memory

The law says 45 days. These ten members took up to 502. The fine for blowing the deadline is $200.