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S. 32 (119th): Local Access to Courts Act or LACA This act adds College Station to the list of places where court must be held in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas

Local Access to Courts Act or LACA This act 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 act adds El Centro to the list of places where court must be held in the Southern District of California.

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Recorded summary

The bill, the Local Access to Courts Act (LACA), adds College Station, Texas, to the places where court must be held in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. It also adds El Centro, California, to the places where court must be held in the Southern District of California.

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Theological note: Scripture commends just and accessible justice, so court access relates to general equity. The bill is administrative, though: it sets where federal court sits and does not directly restrain or advance a named moral harm.

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Roll 285 · 31-Aug-2026 7:10 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed

Yea 378 · Nay 10 · Other 42

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