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House Judiciary

Friday, May 8, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Judiciary Committee advanced all three bills before it to Appropriations, but the marquee fight was over SB26-115's 'second look' resentencing for aging prisoners, which cleared on a party-line 7-4 vote after hours of raw testimony from crime victims and the formerly incarcerated. A disability-rights enforcement bill and a first-of-its-kind AI accountability framework also moved forward.

Key Actions

·Post-Conviction Relief for Certain OffendersPassed

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Notable Quotes

aml Bacon sat with me in a room where we were with a CEO of one of these companies that said we don't know how AI is making decisions. That is scary to me, that is scary to voters.

Javier MabreyThe chair's rationale for why AI accountability guardrails matter, recounting an industry executive's own admission during the working group.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (7)Jennifer Bacon, Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Lorena Garcia, Yara Zokaie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey
No (4)Ava Flanell, Rebecca Keltie, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (8)Jennifer Bacon, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey, Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Yara Zokaie, Matt Soper, Lorena Garcia
No (3)Rebecca Keltie, Scott Slaugh, Ava Flanell
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (11)Jennifer Bacon, Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Ava Flanell, Lorena Garcia, Rebecca Keltie, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper, Yara Zokaie, Javier Mabrey, Michael Carter
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Sam, Go for it. Okay. The committee will come to order. Ms. Shipley, please call the roll representatives. Bacon. Clifford. Here. Espinosa. Flannel. Garcia. Here. Kelty. Here. Law. Here. Here. Zokai. Here. Carter. Present. Mr. Chair. Here. For maybe the first time in months, we have everybody here to start the committee. Okay, committee members, a few things. Number one, remember, we have a full day today after we meet, so we cannot go for 10 hours on four bills like we love to do. Please keep in mind that we're going to the floor today. Obviously, feel free to ask your questions, but also keep in mind that we have a lot of work ahead of us. I'll also just add, it originally was the intent. The original intent was for this to be the final meeting. I was informed today we're going to meet one more time on Monday. We have one more bill. It's actually yours. Thank you. Yeah, yeah. I'm serious. 190. Yeah. So we're going to meet one more time after this on Monday. So with that, we're going to start with Senate Bill 189. Whoever I'd like to begin. Majority Leader Duran. Thank you,
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