HR625Referred to Committee
LACA of 2026
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-22
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Michael T. McCaul
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 96.6% (558 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/M001157
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReported By · 2026-08-27
Previously
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2026-07-15
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-01-22
Plain-English Summary
Local Access to Courts Act or LACA This bill adds College Station to the list of places where court must be held in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. Additionally, the bill adds El Centro to the list of places where court must be held in the Southern District of California.
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Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 625 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 625 To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2025 Mr. McCaul (for himself and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Local Access to Courts Act'' or ``LACA''. SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF TEXAS DISTRICT COURTS. Section 124(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (3), by inserting ``and College Station'' before the period at the end. SEC. 3. ORGANIZATION OF CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COURTS. Section 84(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and El Centro'' after ``at San Diego''. <all>
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