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H.R. 625

U.S. House•House Floor Calendar

Summary

H.R. 625, “LACA of 2026”, was introduced in the House on Jan 22, 2025 by Rep. Michael McCaul (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Aug 27, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 685.

Record

Text

H.R. 625 has 1 co-sponsor.

hb625/introduced.txt
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  Union Calendar No. 685
  119TH CONGRESS
  2D SESSION
  H. R. 625
  [Report No. 119–784]
  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
  AUGUST 27, 2026
  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
  House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
  [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
  [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 22, 2025]
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  A BILL
  To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts
  in Texas and California.
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  1  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
  2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
  3     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  4  This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Access to Courts
  5 Act of 2026’’ or ‘‘LACA of 2026’’.
  6     SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF TEXAS DISTRICT COURTS.
  7  Section 124(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is
  8 amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (3), by insert-
  9 ing ‘‘and College Station’’ before the period at the end.
  10      SEC. 3. ORGANIZATION OF CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COURTS.
  11  Section 84(d) of title 28, United States Code, is
  12 amended by inserting ‘‘and El Centro’’ after ‘‘at San
  13 Diego’’.
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  Union Calendar No. 685
119TH CONGRESS
   2D SESSION       H. R. 625
  [Report No. 119–784]
  H625
  A BILL
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   To clarify where court may be held for certain
      district courts in Texas and California.
  AUGUST 27, 2026
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  mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
  and ordered to be printed
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Tracker

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

  1. Introduced2025-01-22
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  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 House Jan 22, 2025

hb625/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/22/2025)

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

Rep. Michael McCaul (R) sponsors H.R. 625, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 625 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Reported By · Aug 27, 2026 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 625 has taken 6 actions since Jan 22, 2025, the latest on Aug 27, 2026.

ChamberAction
Aug 27, 2026
House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-784.Judiciary Committee
Aug 27, 2026
House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 685.
Jul 15, 2026
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldJudiciary Committee
Jul 15, 2026
House
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.Judiciary Committee
Jan 22, 2025
House
Introduced in House

Votes

H.R. 625 has not gone to a roll call.

3 bills are related to H.R. 625.

Titles

H.R. 625 goes by 6 titles, 4 of them short titles.

  • LACA of 2026 — Display Title
  • LACA of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Local Access to Courts Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • LACA — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Local Access to Courts Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 625 in 4 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 Budget/Appropriations, Education, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Health Issues, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND—Connecticut14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ELIZABETH MURPHY114
EMMA HORSEMAN114
NATALIE TIETJEN114
PATRICK MALONE114

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUNDSANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND2025 third_quarter$150K3rd Quarter - Report
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUNDSANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND2025 second_quarter$130K2nd Quarter - Report
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUNDSANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND2025 first_quarter$130K1st Quarter - Report
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUNDSANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND2025 fourth_quarter$110K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 625 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; H.R. 625’s is Law.

hr625/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

H.R. 625 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from California to Texas.

hr625/subjects.txt
CaliforniaState and local courtsTexas

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 625, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McCAUL:H.R. 625.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8Amends Title 28, United States Code, to authorize holdingcourt in College Station, Texas and El Centro, California.[Page H300]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com