House Committee on Ethics

Friday, February 27, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Ethics Committee met Feb. 27 not to vote but to instruct legislative lawyers on how a potential evidentiary hearing would work if Rep. Ron Weinberg — found by the committee two days earlier to face probable cause on two consolidated allegations — exercises his right to demand one by the March 4 deadline. The session turned on a genuine legal question the committee could not resolve on its own: what burden of proof applies when a legislative body sits in judgment of one of its own.

Key Actions

·Direction to OLLS on a potential Weinberg evidentiary hearingAction

Notable Quotes

“I would, you know, urge the committee to adopt some type of standard, be it preponderance of the evidence or clear and convincing evidence, so that Rep. Weinberg has, from a due process standpoint, some understanding of, you know, what the burdens would be.”
Steven Woodrow — Woodrow's central argument that the accused member is entitled to know the evidentiary standard before deciding whether to request a hearing.

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TranscriptPreview

House Committee on Ethics will come to order. Ms. Berger, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia, Sander. Present. Mabry here. Woodrow here. So. Excused. Madam Chair. Here. All right. We are here to just do some, get some direction on any potential next steps. We are convening this meeting today to one direct OLLS to help us with some draft guidelines on potential next steps for if Representative Weinberg does request a hearing. What are the potential next steps on that route? And then if he doesn't make it clear what our duties are, if he does not request a hearing so that we are clear on that, I believe the deadline is March 1st 4th, seven days from yesterday when he received the letter. The second part of this meeting is to make clear what the parameters of the scope of a hearing would be if Representative Weinberg were to request a hearing. I think it's incredibly important to all parties involved that we, as a committee, make those parameters clear. And with that, I will turn it over to our OLLS staff. I'll have a little bit more to say about the parameters of the scope later, but…

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