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LouisianaHB 10702026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to the Trial Court Case Management Information Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

Sponsored By: Jacob Braud (Republican)

Signed by Governor

FinanceAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Dedicated funding for court information systems

Beginning July 1, 2026, the law creates the Trial Court Case Management Information Fund. Money supports a court information system master plan, a fast-tracked criminal case outcome prototype, and an integrated juvenile justice information system. It also supports coordination with and implementation of related technology projects authorized by state law. Courts must send the proceeds to the state treasury monthly, by the 10th. After constitutional bond requirements are met, an equal amount goes to the dedicated fund before the general fund. The Supreme Court’s judicial administrator authorizes payments, and money can only cover these purposes and necessary administrative costs. Unused balances stay in the fund; the treasurer invests them like general fund money, with interest retained after constitutional requirements. The administrator must work with the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board to improve court data systems. The administrator may work with the legislative auditor or hire investigators to check whether courts sent required payments.

Extra court costs for people convicted

Beginning July 1, 2026, each felony, misdemeanor, or local ordinance conviction carries an extra $3 court cost, including traffic convictions. The cost is $1 in mayor’s courts serving municipalities with 100 or fewer people, based on the latest federal decennial census. All courts, including mayor’s and magistrate courts, must charge it; they cannot suspend, waive, set aside, or redirect it. The Louisiana Supreme Court may adjust these costs for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. Adjustments must be in 50-cent steps and cannot total more than $4. Each adjustment requires a favorable Judicial Council recommendation confirming compliance with its guidelines. Inflation is measured since enactment for the first adjustment and since the previous adjustment for later ones.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jacob Braud

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 238 • No: 0

House vote • 5/26/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/18/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/22/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 94 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 697.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: 07/01/2026.

    6/2/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/28/2026House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/27/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/26/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/19/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/18/2026Senate

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/7/2026Senate

  11. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/6/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/5/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    4/27/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/22/2026House

  15. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/22/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.

    4/21/2026House

  17. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/16/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (11-0).

    4/15/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    3/31/2026House

  20. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/30/2026House

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