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LA SB114

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Katrina Jackson-Andrews

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Civil Code Article 3454 to explicitly include Saturdays and Sundays alongside legal holidays when calculating prescriptive period deadlines

  • If the last day of a prescriptive period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline automatically extends to the next day that is not a legal holiday

  • Current law only references legal holidays for deadline extensions; proposed law clarifies that weekends also trigger the extension

  • Effective August 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Provides for a legal holiday in the accrual of prescription. (8/1/25)

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Last Action

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

4/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary A4/3/2025

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