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LouisianaSB 4762026 Regular SessionSenate

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to garnishment. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Thomas A. Pressly (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Civil Law and ProcedureJudiciary A

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Garnishment warnings and fees for missed responses

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana requires clearer warnings and added costs for missed garnishment responses. A garnishee is a person or business served because they may hold a debtor’s property or owe the debtor money. Sheriffs must serve the citation, petition, written questions, and a notice that property or money owed is being seized. The notice must warn in bold: failing to file sworn answers in court within 30 days risks owing the debtor’s entire debt. The warning itself does not create that liability. On a creditor’s motion, the court must enter judgment unless the garnishee proves they held no debtor property and owed nothing. Proving the actual property or amount owed limits the judgment to delivering that property or paying that amount. A garnishee who fails to appear after proper service has 30 days after service of the judgment to request a new trial. That request must include a sworn statement supporting the required proof. At the new trial, the garnishee must prove they never held debtor property or owed money during the proceeding, or fully satisfied the judgment up to the property or debt actually held at any time since service of the petition. Regardless of the motion’s outcome, the garnishee must pay court costs and reasonable lawyer fees for the motion. This includes extra costs and reasonable lawyer fees the creditor actually incurred because the garnishee was at fault for not responding initially.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Thomas A. Pressly

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 133 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 92 • No: 0

House vote • 4/27/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 6 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/20/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

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

    5/15/2026Senate

  2. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 268.

    5/15/2026Senate

  3. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/15/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/13/2026House

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

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    5/11/2026Senate

  8. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

    5/11/2026Senate

  9. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/7/2026Senate

  10. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/6/2026House

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

    5/5/2026House

  12. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/29/2026House

  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/28/2026House

  14. Reported favorably (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/27/2026House

  15. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    4/22/2026House

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

    4/21/2026House

  17. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/20/2026Senate

  18. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/15/2026Senate

  19. Reported favorably.

    4/14/2026Senate

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

    4/1/2026Senate

  21. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/31/2026Senate

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