House Committee on Judiciary 02/16/2026

Committee on Judiciary · February 16, 2026

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Opening and agenda

Presentation

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Madam Chair opened the committee, noted it was Presidents' Day and outlined the plan to hear multiple bills and return to the House floor at 5:30 p.m.; said goal was to work seven bills and begin with working bills (scheduling and procedural framing).

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The Committee on Judiciary considered eight bills and held hearings on several others, advancing seven bills to the House floor. Major topics included limits and transparency on contingency-fee legal contracts (HB2593), retroactive and procedural changes to paternity acknowledgments (HB2651), a high-profile hearing on biometric verification for notaries to prevent deed fraud (HB2696), and a package of bills the committee passed out favorably.

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