COURTS: Provides with respect to the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court and authority relative to specialty court programs

Looking ahead

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History

1. 2026
   1. May 22Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 295.Became Law
   2. May 22Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 19Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 18Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   5. May 18Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. May 18Signed by the President of the Senate.
   7. May 13Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#877). Result: pass.Upper
   8. May 7Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. May 6Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. May 5Rules suspended. Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 21Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.Minor
   12. Apr 20Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   13. Apr 15Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#526). Result: pass.Lower
   14. Apr 14Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
   15. Apr 13Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Apr 9Reported favorably (13-0).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
   18. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
   19. Feb 23Prefiled.Minor
   20. Feb 23Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Introduced