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LouisianaHB 9162026 Regular SessionHouse

CLERKS OF COURT: Provides for an additional filing fee for recordation of documents with the clerk of court (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Nicholas Muscarello (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary AJudiciary

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana courts must coordinate appeals filing

The Louisiana Supreme Court and appellate courts must make agreements to deliver one shared filing platform for appeals. The goal is full integration with the statewide Louisiana Clerks’ Remote Access Authority filing platform. The law sets no completion deadline. The authority must report to lawmakers no later than the start of the 2028 Regular Session. Its report must show total collections from the new recording fee and progress toward the integrated platform.

Higher fees for recording covered documents

Beginning January 1, 2027, people and organizations pay an extra $5 per document recording covered by R.S. 13:754(F)(1). The recording member keeps $0.50 and sends $4.50 to the Louisiana Clerks’ Remote Access Authority by the tenth each month. The authority keeps $0.50 and sends $4 to the law’s dedicated Court Modernization and Technology Fund. That money supports court technology, including statewide electronic filing integration. The extra fee ends August 1, 2029, unless lawmakers extend it by law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Nicholas Muscarello

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 230 • No: 7

House vote • 5/20/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 2. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

Yes: 92 • No: 2

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 5. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 90 • No: 5

House vote • 3/26/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 446.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/22/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 2. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

    5/20/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

    5/19/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    5/4/2026Senate

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

    4/29/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

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

    4/8/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 5. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/1/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

    3/31/2026House

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

    3/30/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (14-0).

    3/26/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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