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Chair calls the committee to order and asks Miss Gerizano to call the roll; quorum is established. Chair asks visitors to silence devices and explains witness-card procedure and color coding for support/opposition/informational testimony.
House Civil Law committee met April 7, 2026, to consider multiple bills including HB 51 (constitutional amendment to restrict post-conviction bail for certain aggravated offenses), HB 5 26 (caps on general damages), a package of constitutional joint resolutions, and several statutory bills. The committee adopted ballot language for HB 51, heard extended testimony on HB 5 26 and defeated a motion to report it, advanced a constitutional measure to bar expropriation by foreign adversaries, and deferred HB 306 on domestic-abuse court costs.
