LouisianaLouisiana assistant prosecutor minimums depend on funding and approval
Louisiana's enacted law lists minimum assistant prosecutor staffing by district, but those levels take effect only when a separate law provides specific funding.
What it does
District attorneys must appoint at least the number of assistant district attorneys listed for their district or Orleans Parish. The schedule lists 39 for the First District and 73 for Orleans Parish.
Argument forIf funded and approved where required, higher minimums could give some district offices more assistant prosecutors to handle their work.
Argument againstDistrict offices could have trouble meeting the listed staffing levels because they depend on a separate funding law, and some increases also need commission approval.
More detail
District attorneys must appoint at least the number of assistant district attorneys listed for their district or Orleans Parish. The required minimums vary by judicial district. Orleans Parish has its own listed minimum. A separate Louisiana law must provide specific funding for implementation before these staffing provisions take effect. Any listed increase not approved by the Governor’s Advisory and Review Commission on April 12, 2026, takes effect only if the commission recommends that it meets the guidelines in its report. These staffing provisions take effect when a separate Louisiana law with specific implementation funding takes effect. Some increases also await commission recommendation.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 827.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 06/08/2026.
- Jun 2Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 31Read by title, roll called, yeas 75, nays 18, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1775). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#1774). Result: fail.Lower
- May 29Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 29Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2026.
- May 28Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1539). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Called from the Calendar.
- May 28Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 27Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
- May 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 20Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- May 20Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- May 12Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Minor
- May 11Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 7Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#965). Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 6Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- May 5Reported with amendments (20-0).Minor
- Apr 27Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Apr 23Reported with amendments (15-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
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