JUDGES/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Provides jurisdictional exceptions for constables and justices of peace

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. May 11Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 44.Became Law
   2. May 11Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 7Signed by the President of the Senate.
   4. May 7Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   5. May 6Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   6. May 6Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   7. May 5Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#580). Result: pass.Upper
   8. Apr 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. Apr 22Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. Apr 21Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Mar 31Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.Minor
   12. Mar 30Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   13. Mar 26Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#120). Result: pass.Lower
   14. Mar 25Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
   15. Mar 24Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Mar 23Reported favorably (17-0).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
   18. Jan 23Prefiled.Minor
   19. Jan 23Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
   20. Jan 23First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.Introduced