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House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Monday, February 2, 2026·2h 30m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House State Affairs committee advanced a bill to strip county commissioners of the power to draw their own district lines over three Republican dissents, then hit the brakes on a sweeping AI-deepfake and biometric-ownership measure, laying it over after members across the aisle flagged it as overly broad and lacking any intent requirement.

Key Actions

·County Commissioner RedistrictingPassed

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Notable Quotes

One of the things that's noteworthy here is this has been a wide open process that is about the integrity of redistricting and it is about, you know, making sure that there's fairness in those maps and that people aren't self deep dealing, which I think is extraordinary for good governance.

Chad CliffordThe co-prime sponsor's core case for stripping commissioners of the power to draw their own districts.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
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TranscriptPreview
The House State Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives. Bottoms. Argh. Bradley. Argh. Matey Carter. Present. Espinosa. Here. Foray. Arrived. Trollic. Excused. I'm not sure what's happening right now. Win. Ricks. Whoop, whoop. Clifford Here. Madam Chair. Here. Before we review the agenda, I do just want members of the public to know that we are in fact a very serious committee. And today we will hear two bills. A House bill, Bill 1038, and then followed by House Bill 1049. We have both of our bill sponsors here. Representative Paschal and then Vice Chair Clifford was approved to be on this bill earlier today. That's why he's presenting us. Presenting in for. I'm sorry, presenting the bill in front of us. So with that, who would like to begin? Representative Pashel, tell us about your bill. Okay. Firstly, it's Pascal. Rhymes with rascal. Gotta get that right. Makes a lot of sense. Second year here. Thank you. Madam Chair and members of the committee, I am very pleased to be presenting House Bill 1038, the county commissioner Redistricting Integrity Act. I want to give you a nuts and
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