Bills / S. 32
S. 32
LACA
In plain English
The Local Access to Courts Act (LACA) would add College Station as a required court location in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. It would also add El Centro as a required court location in the Southern District of California. The measure affects these federal courts and people with cases in them.
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Sponsor and status
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How South Carolina voted
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · House roll call 285 · 2026-08-31 · Roll-call record ↗
| Jim Clyburn (D) | Joe Wilson (R) | Nancy Mace (R) | Ralph Norman (R) | Russell Fry (R) | Sheri Biggs (R) | William Timmons (R) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | Yea | Not Voting | Nay | Yea | Yea | Yea |
Who lobbied
Lobbying reports name the bills a client worked on. They don't say which side anyone took.
3 reports from 2 clients reporting $1,880,000 in fees and expenses. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.
Businesses and trade groups (1)
Advocacy groups and nonprofits (1)
- BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTION ↗2 reports
Groupings are our label from each organization's name and industry, not its legal or tax status.
The connection table
Organizations that lobbied this bill, and money each gave South Carolina's delegates this cycle: its PAC's contributions (FEC) plus its lobbyists' reported contributions and event payments (LD‑203, group events excluded). Exact name matches only. An empty cell means no matching money was found. Under each name is that delegate’s final vote on the bill (passage or last substantive vote). Delegates who didn’t vote on it, for example because they weren’t serving, are grayed out and left out of the Total column.
| Organization | D. GrahamNo vote | L. GrahamNo vote | T. ScottNo vote | J. ClyburnYea | J. WilsonYea | N. MaceNot Voting | R. NormanNay | R. FryYea | S. BiggsYea | W. TimmonsYea | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | – | – | – | $10,000 | – | – | – | – | – | $5,000 | $15,000 |
| FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLCLobbying firm for BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTION | – | – | $3,000 | – | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Total | – | – | $3,000 | $10,000 | – | – | – | $1,000 | – | $6,000 |