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Summary
- Designates College Station as an additional location where court may be held for Texas district courts.
- Designates El Centro as an additional location where court may be held for California district courts.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ted Cruz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $4,424,745
- ENTREPRENEUR $458,096
- RDV CORPORATION $39,600
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $29,632
- BLACKSTONE $27,400
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ted Cruz → · Outside spending →
Actions (8)
- Feb 13, 2025 Held at the desk. · house
- Feb 13, 2025 Received in the House. · house
- Feb 13, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
- Feb 12, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S932; text: CR S932) · senate
- Feb 12, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 12, 2025 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. · senate
- Jan 8, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jan 8, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
AN ACT
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”.
Passed the Senate February 12, 2025.
Attest:
Secretary. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 32
AN ACT
To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California.
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