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LouisianaHB 5712026 Regular SessionHouse

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary AJudiciary

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Complex litigation court pilot ends in 2028

The law sets July 31, 2028, as the end date for the Nineteenth Judicial District Court’s Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program. This replaces the earlier two-year term, which the legislature could extend. The law changes only the end date, not filing fees, funding, eligibility, or program operations.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 233 • No: 0

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 91 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

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 • 3/26/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 90 • No: 0

House vote • 3/23/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 16 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 813.

    6/8/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/8/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

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

    5/31/2026House

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/29/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

    5/27/2026House

  8. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

    5/26/2026Senate

  9. 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.

    5/26/2026Senate

  10. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/26/2026House

  11. Rules suspended.

    5/18/2026Senate

  12. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/18/2026Senate

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

    5/7/2026Senate

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

    5/6/2026Senate

  15. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    5/5/2026Senate

  16. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  18. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/26/2026House

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/24/2026House

  21. Reported favorably (16-0).

    3/23/2026House

  22. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    3/9/2026House

  23. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  24. Prefiled.

    2/26/2026House

  25. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    2/26/2026House

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