01/26/2026 12:00 PM House LAW

House Finance Department of Law Subcommittee · January 26, 2026

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Chair Andy Josephson called the subcommittee to order at 12:03 p.m., listed members present (Representatives Underwood, Eisheide, Copp, Costello, Mina, Allard, Judiciary Chair Grama) and staff (committee aide Alexander Schroeder, moderator Zach Lawhorn), and announced the meeting purpose: a Department of Law FY2026 midyear status review and distributed binders and documents.

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The House Finance Department of Law subcommittee heard a Department of Law FY2026 midyear status review on Jan. 26, 2026, covering staffing requests that were removed from the enacted budget, rising caseloads for prosecutors, a federal shift on 'dual hold' incarceration costs (estimated at roughly $10 million), and civil-division moves including labor relations and statehood-defense funding.

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