John Peter Spyros Sarbanes (/ˈsɑːrbeɪnz/ SAR-baynz; born May 22, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 2007 to 2025.

[4] Sarbanes spent his professional legal career at the law firm of Venable LLP in Baltimore from 1989 to 2006, where he was chair of healthcare practice from 2000 to 2006 and a member of the hiring committee from 1992 to 1996.

This legislation is supported by a "coalition of over 1200 local, regional, and national organizations representing millions of concerned citizens who are anxious to see a new commitment to environmental education.

The bill bans members of Congress from serving on corporate boards, and requires political advocacy groups to disclose donors.

The primary campaign included state senator Paula Hollinger, former Baltimore City health commissioner Peter Beilenson, and former Maryland Democratic Party treasurer Oz Bengur.

On November 7, 2006, Sarbanes won the general election with 64% of the vote to White's 34% and Libertarian Charles Curtis McPeek's 2%.

[12] In January 2025, Sarbanes became a distinguished practitioner in residence at Johns Hopkins University's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute.

[13] Sarbanes voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.

[15] Sarbanes lives in Towson, Maryland, with his three children and wife Dina Eve Caplan, whom he met at Harvard and married in 1988.