4 shift registers in and out getting artifact

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Thank you everyone for your input so far. Here are the images of the circuit layouts of what I'm working on.

30 Hall Sensors at one end of a cat 5, 2 switches, all put into 74HC165 (32channels) across a cat 5 (50 feet) to the receiver Arduino nano. The nano is translated then pushes the signal to 4 74HC595 to display the current status of the hall sensors and switches. I've also shown my version of the code here (properly, sorry learning). though I plan to update the code presented by @blh64.

The problem (with my code) is that the last 595 6 channels pulse very rapidly (appears on) with the LED, I've added the delay in the read/write to slow this pulse but would prefer without delay. I'm unsure where the issue is, either with my circuit design (also just learning) or the Arduino.

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//Pin callouts
//74HC165
const int load = 3;                // Shift in PL pin 1 GW
const int clockEnablePin = 4;      // Shift in CE pin 15 BW
const int dataIn = 5;              // Shift in Q7 pin 7 GR
const int clockIn = 6;             // Shift in CP pin 2 BL
//74HC595
const int latchPin = 7;            // Shift Out ST_CP pin 12 BL
const int clockPin = 8;            // Shift Out SH-CP pin 11 BW
const int dataPin = 9;             // Shift Out ser   pin 14 GW 

int xFirst;                   // Holds first register output
int xSecond;                  // Holds second register output
int xThird;                   //
int xFourth;                  //
int xTouch;
int numOfRegisters = 4;
byte* registerState;
int xstart=0;

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  registerState = new byte[numOfRegisters];
  for (size_t i = 0; i < numOfRegisters; i++) {
    registerState[i] = 0;
  }
  // Setup ////Serial Monitor
  //Serial.begin(115200);
 
  // Setup 74HC165 connections
  pinMode(load, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(clockEnablePin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(clockIn, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(dataIn, INPUT);
  // Setup 74HC595 connecttions
  pinMode(latchPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(clockPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(dataPin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
if (xstart==0){
  regclear();
  xstart=1;
}
GetInputs();
delay(800);
regWriteNew(); 
}

void regWriteNew(){
  digitalWrite(latchPin, LOW);
  shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, ((xFirst-255)*-1)); 
  shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, ((xSecond-255)*-1));
  shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, ((xThird-255)*-1));
  shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, ((xFourth-255)*-1)); 
  digitalWrite(latchPin, HIGH);
  
}
void regWrite(int pin, bool state){
  //Determines register
  int reg = pin / 8;
  //Determines pin for actual register
  int actualPin = pin - (8 * reg);
  //Begin session
  digitalWrite(latchPin, LOW);
  for (int i = 0; i < numOfRegisters; i++){
    //Get actual states for register
    byte* states = &registerState[i];
    //Update state
    if (i == reg){
      bitWrite(*states, actualPin, state);
    }
    //Write
    shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, *states);
  }
  //End session
  digitalWrite(latchPin, HIGH);
}                 

void regclear(){
  for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {  //CLEAR REGISTRY
    regWrite(i,LOW);
  }
}
void GetInputs(){
//  serialPrintLoop("GetInputs");
  digitalWrite(load, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(load, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
 
  // Get data from 74HC165
  digitalWrite(clockIn, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(clockEnablePin, LOW);
  xFirst = shiftIn(dataIn, clockIn, LSBFIRST);
  xSecond = shiftIn(dataIn, clockIn, LSBFIRST);
  xThird = shiftIn(dataIn, clockIn, LSBFIRST);
  xFourth = shiftIn(dataIn, clockIn, LSBFIRST);
  digitalWrite(clockEnablePin, HIGH);
 
  // Print to monitor
  Serial.print("Pin States:");
  Serial.println((xFirst-255)*-1);
  Serial.println((xSecond-255)*-1);
  Serial.println((xThird-255)*-1);
  Serial.println((xFourth-255)*-1);