House Committee on Ethics

Monday, February 2, 2026·2h 5m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Ethics Committee convened for the first time in memory to take up Rep. Bradley's complaint against Rep. Weinberg, with legislative lawyers warning the panel it is charting new ground — no House or Senate ethics committee has ever held an evidentiary hearing — as members set a February 26 probable-cause deadline and hashed out how far to cast their evidence net.

Key Actions

·Ethics complaint against Rep. WeinbergPassed

Notable Quotes

“So then at this time I think I'll make a ruling that the Open Meeting Law should and does apply to the proceedings that we will be doing going forth. I think it's only in our best interest, not only as a committee, but as a body and as a general assembly to make sure that we are as transparent and open as possible in this process.”
Karen McCormick (Committee Chair) · witness — The chair's formal ruling that the panel's work will be conducted in the open, a threshold decision for a process with almost no precedent.

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TranscriptPreview

All right, we're going to get going. House Committee on Ethics will now come to order. Ms. Berger, please call the roll. Representative Garcia. Sander. Present. Mayberry. Here. Woodrow. Here. Soper. Here. Madam Chair. Here. All right. Thank you for joining us. We have been assembled to review an ethics complaint that has come before the House. And the members of this committee are here to work through the process in a very diligent way and respectful way. As we work through all that has been presented to us, I want to first start the process with saying for myself that we take this very seriously and that we want to make sure that we complete the process as is expected of us from the public and for the people involved in this complaint. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to our Office of Legislative Legal Services for just an overview of the timeline that we have in front of us as well as the process that we are undertaking on that timeline. So who is going first? Ms. Chase. Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee, Christy Chase with the Office of Legislative Legal Services.…

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