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LA HB1044

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

4/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jeremy LaCombe

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Future wages or earnings from an employment contract signed during marriage become the separate property of the contracting spouse for any portions not yet earned when the marriage ends
  • Severance pay and liquidated damages from such contracts are also classified as separate property of the contracting spouse, not community property subject to division
  • Enacts new section R.S. 9:2801.3 to Louisiana's community property laws
  • Explicitly overrules the 2025 court decision Orgeron v. Orgeron, 413 So. 3d 390, which presumably held the opposite interpretation

Legislative Description

Provides relative to classification of separate property

DIVORCE

Last Action

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

4/29/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary A4/14/2026
Civil Law and Procedure3/31/2026

Full Bill Text

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