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S. 32

U.S. Senate•Engrossed

Summary

S. 32, “LACA”, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 8, 2025 by Sen. Ted Cruz (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Aug 31, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Record

Text

S. 32 has 1 co-sponsor.

sb32/enrolled-bill.txt
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 32 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
        S.32
                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
                                 of the
                        United States of America
                          AT THE SECOND SESSION
          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty six
                                 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''.
                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.
                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-08
  2. Passed Senate2025-02-12
  3. Passed House2026-08-31
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Jan 8, 2025

sb32/introduced-in-senate.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in Senate (01/08/2025)

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.

Sponsors

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) sponsors S. 32, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 32 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Discharged From · Feb 12, 2025

Actions

S. 32 has taken 19 actions since Jan 8, 2025, the latest on Aug 31, 2026.

ChamberAction
Aug 31, 202619:11
House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Aug 31, 202619:11
House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 10 (Roll no. 285). (text: CR H5272)House roll call 285
Aug 31, 202619:11
House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 10 (Roll no. 285).House roll call 285
Aug 31, 202619:11
—
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 10 (Roll no. 285). roll call 285
Aug 31, 202618:58
House
Considered as unfinished business.

Votes

S. 32 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Aug 31, 2026 at 378–10.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Aug 31, 2026
House
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
378
10

4 bills are related to S. 32.

Titles

S. 32 goes by 8 titles, 6 of them short titles.

  • LACA — Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
  • Local Access to Courts Act — Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
  • LACA — Display Title
  • LACA — Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
  • Local Access to Courts Act — Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
  • LACA — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Local Access to Courts Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 14 registered lobbyists who named S. 32 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Housing, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Clean Air and Water (quality), Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Defense, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTIONThink tankDistrict of Columbia12$60K
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC12$60K
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BRIAN CONLAN112
CHRISTOPHER MATTHIESEN112
CLIFFORD ROBERTI112
DOUGLAS NAPPI112
LEONARD WOLFSON112
SAATHVIK ALETY112
ALEX EVELAND111
BERNARD FULTON111
CYNTHIA CHETTI111
DAVID BORSOS111
KEVIN DONNELLY111
LISA BLACKWELL111
MATTHEW BERGER111
PAULA CINO111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INCNATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.2025 first_quarter$1.8M1st Quarter - Report
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTIONFEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Termina…
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTIONFEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Termina…

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 32 under Law, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 32’s is Law.

s32/policy-areas.txt
LawAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

S. 32 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from California to Texas.

s32/subjects.txt
CaliforniaState and local courtsTexas

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com