# 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: court_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: judicial_administration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: venue. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 285: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a prudential administrative measure. It modestly supports access to justice by bringing court sessions closer to residents of two regions, but it does not directly restrain evil or defend justice against a named wrong, and it raises no real moral concern.
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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 285: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 378 · Nay 10 · Other 42.

HTML: https://justmeasure.org/bill/s-32-119/