LouisianaLouisiana court’s complex litigation pilot runs through July 2028 unless extended
Louisiana’s Nineteenth Judicial District Court may continue its Complex Litigation Section pilot program until July 31, 2028, unless lawmakers extend it.
What it does
The law sets July 31, 2028, as the end date for the Complex Litigation Section pilot program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. The legislature may extend it.
Argument forThe end date could give the court time to keep using the pilot program while lawmakers consider whether to extend it.
Argument againstThe court could have to stop the pilot program after July 31, 2028, if lawmakers do not extend it.
More detail
The law sets July 31, 2028, as the pilot program’s end date. This applies to the Complex Litigation Section pilot program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. The legislature may extend the program. The program is to end on July 31, 2028, unless the legislature extends it.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 813.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1688). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1363). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Senate 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.Passed Senate
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 18Rules suspended.
- May 18Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 7Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 6Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 5Rules suspended. Reported favorably.Minor
- Mar 31Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.Minor
- Mar 30Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Mar 26Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#137). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 25Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
- Mar 24Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 23Reported favorably (16-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 26Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Introduced
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