Ex-state Sen. Martin Sandoval sent bills to empty committees, ensuring they wouldn’t advance

A former state lawmaker who pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting $250,000 in bribes in exchange for using his legislative weight to unilaterally stop bills from advancing often assigned measures to a subcommittee that had no members, essentially ensuring those measures wouldn’t advance.

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