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Tuesday, May 5, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Judiciary Committee cleared its penultimate agenda of the session, sending five bills to the floor — but two drew Republican dissents: the Department of Law's sprawling 'cleanup' bill over its removal of a contingency-fee cap, and a neighbor-access repair bill some members said was rushed onto the calendar.

Key Actions

·Department of Law Legislative ReportPassed

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Notable Quotes

What you have before you today is just a simple little cleanup bill. That's a joke.

Yara ZokaieZokaie's opening set the tone, signaling the 80-plus-page Department of Law bill carried substantive policy changes well beyond technical housekeeping.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Jennifer Bacon, Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Lorena Garcia, Rebecca Keltie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey, Yara Zokaie
No (3)Ava Flanell, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Jennifer Bacon, Ava Flanell, Lorena Garcia, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper, Yara Zokaie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey, Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Rebecca Keltie
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Jennifer Bacon, Cecelia Espenoza, Ava Flanell, Lorena Garcia, Rebecca Keltie, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey
Excused (2)Chad Clifford, Yara Zokaie
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Jennifer Bacon, Cecelia Espenoza, Ava Flanell, Lorena Garcia, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper, Yara Zokaie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey, Rebecca Keltie
Excused (1)Chad Clifford
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Lorena Garcia, Scott Slaugh, Yara Zokaie, Javier Mabrey, Jennifer Bacon, Michael Carter
No (3)Ava Flanell, Rebecca Keltie, Matt Soper
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TranscriptPreview
Representatives Bacon. Excused. Clifford. Here. Espinoza. Flinell. Here. Garcia. Here. Kelty. Excused. Slaw. Here. Soper. Excused. Zokai. Here. Carter. Present. Mr. Chair. Here. Okay, let's get started with House Bill 1426. Whoever would like to begin. Rebzokai. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. What you have before you today is just a simple little cleanup bill. That's a joke. But you do have an important bill that is codifying recommendations that were presented to us in the SMART act hearings. And I did re up that report in your email, so you should have that in an attached email from me if you want to take a look. These are some comprehensive cleanup measures and modernizing our statutes for the Department of Law. The Department's responsibilities have expanded significantly and resources simply have not kept pace. We expect the Department of Law to have oversight in data privacy, consumer protection, fraud prevention, and oversight of government actors. And we are really not able to give them more resources to do that work. So what we can do is ensure that our statutes are clear and actually workable in practice. So I will go through some key sections that have
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