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LouisianaSB 3572026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

COURTS: Provides relative to the courts and the judiciary. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Mike Reese (Republican)

Signed by Governor

JudiciaryJudiciary A

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Court criers lose annual state salary

The law removes the former $3,100 annual state salary for a Louisiana Supreme Court crier entitled to that payment. The court can appoint one or more criers from its security staff, commissioned as Orleans Parish deputy sheriffs. These staff are recognized as members of a police agency. The court can designate them as needing statewide police power. State public safety officials can help arrange additional security assistance upon request.

Court security staff gain pay eligibility

Beginning July 1, 2026, certified Louisiana Supreme Court and court of appeal security staff gain access to supplemental pay. Being commissioned as deputy sheriffs no longer excludes them. They must still meet other pay requirements, including required training and exams. The law does not state the pay amount.

Justices gain yearly expense reimbursement choices

Louisiana Supreme Court justices living more than 50 miles from the courthouse can choose expense reimbursement for a full year. They can receive all or part of their existing allowance through vouchers or an accountable expense plan. This covers actual, otherwise unreimbursed expenses; reimbursements plus any remaining taxable allowance cannot exceed the existing allowance. The court must also set rules for mileage, travel, and official duties within a justice’s district. Those rules cover justices whose homes are more than a 50-mile round trip from the courthouse.

Sheriffs must secure appeals court sessions

A sheriff or deputy must attend and secure every Louisiana court of appeal session in the parish where it is based. They must also carry out court orders when needed. This duty applies to courts of appeal generally, not just the previously listed circuits.

Justices face travel and retirement limits

Louisiana Supreme Court justices eligible for the expense election face caps on daily travel payments, called per diems. The daily cap uses the federal employee expense rate in effect 90 days before the fiscal year starts. An annual payment limit also applies, expressed as no more than ten per month. The court must set rules, including similar limits needed for judicial duties elsewhere in Louisiana. Amounts reimbursed or payable under this expense provision do not count as compensation for public retirement benefits.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Mike Reese

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 151 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/24/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  2. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 276.

    5/22/2026Senate

  3. Effective date 7/1/2026.

    5/22/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/19/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/19/2026Senate

  8. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/18/2026House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

    5/18/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  11. Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.

    5/12/2026House

  12. Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/12/2026House

  13. Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

    5/11/2026House

  14. Reported with amendments (15-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

    5/7/2026House

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

    3/26/2026House

  16. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/25/2026House

  17. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/24/2026Senate

  18. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/18/2026Senate

  19. Reported with amendments.

    3/17/2026Senate

  20. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    3/9/2026Senate

  21. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    2/27/2026Senate

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