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U.S. Sen. Katie Britt delayed in reporting 22 stock transactions made in her husband’s retirement account, including 16 that were due nine months ago, records show.
Britt, a Republican from Alabama, filed a periodic transaction report with the Senate Ethics Committee on Monday totaling between $22,022 and $330,000.
The exact amount is unknown because Senate reporting guidelines only require a dollar range.
Among the transactions were an April 14 purchase of between $1,000 and $15,000 of Chase stock made in an account owned by Britt’s husband, Wesley Britt.
The senator serves on the Senate Banking Committee and the stock is up nearly 30% since the purchase.
The senator’s office said Britt “had no knowledge of that stock holding in her husband’s broker-managed retirement account until this week” and that Wesley Britt no longer holds Chase stock.
“Upon learning of it, she requested the stock be unloaded from the account to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest,” Britt’s office said.
“At this time, Mr. Britt no longer owns that stock, and all proceeds from the transaction are being donated to charity.”
The periodic transaction report is required to be filed within 45 days when at least $1,000 of a stock or other security is purchased, sold or exchanged, according to the Senate Ethics Committee.
All 22 transactions from a retirement account owned by Britt’s husband, Wesley Britt, were made between April 14, 2025 and Nov. 7, 2025, well beyond the 45-day deadline for reporting.
Under the 2012 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge, or STOCK Act, the federal law that covers the disclosure rules, offenders can face a $200 fine for a first-time violation of late reporting.
The senator’s office said in a statement to AL.com that Wesley Britt was only made aware of the transactions this month and she has taken steps to prevent the late reporting.
“These individual equity trades were in Mr. Britt’s broker-managed retirement account and made without his knowledge or consent,” the office said.
“The disclosure was filed as soon as Mr. Britt became aware of the trades this month. Additional guardrails have been implemented to prevent this from happening moving forward.”
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Alabama’s senior senator, has also reported stock trades late.
In 2021, the Republican reported 221 transactions, some of which were as much as six months past due.
Tuberville’s stock activity, which included several trades of companies that could be impacted through his work on Senate committees, raised red flags with good government groups.