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Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of allowing an exception to the homestead exemption from seizure for certain unpaid or accelerated costs subject to the Louisiana Condominium Act.
Provides for multiple successions in the same proceeding. (8/1/26)
Provides for the revocation of beneficiary designation for certain assets. (8/1/26)
Provides for limitations relative to claims for general damages. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to the courts and the judiciary. (8/1/26) (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to civil investigative demands. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Provides relative to a caregiver providing care to a child in need of care proceedings. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to prescriptive periods for disavowal of paternity actions. (8/1/26)
Provides that children in custody of the office of juvenile justice may attend review hearings via secure video conference. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to the Medical Malpractice Act. (8/1/26)
Authorizes the state to expropriate property owned by certain foreign adversaries. (8/1/26)
Provides for a clerk of court in Orleans Parish. (8/1/26)
Provides for filing procedures and amounts recoverable in medical malpractice actions. (8/1/26)
Provides for the administration of courts in Orleans Parish and the number of court judges. (2/3 - CA 5s15(D)) (8/1/26)
Reduces number of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. (2/3-CA5s9) (8/1/26)
Provides relative to burden of proof for recovery in tort claims of mental anguish and emotional distress. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to youth athletics. (8/1/26)
Provides for funding of the Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund. (gov sig)
Provides for the territorial jurisdiction of the Jeanerette City Court. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF)
Provides that nondisclosure agreements involving victims of child sexual abuse are against public policy and unenforceable. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to fees for service of process. (8/1/26)
Provides for the garnishment process for banks. (8/1/26)
Provides for limitations on recovery of attorney fees and costs in occupational licensing board disciplinary hearings. (8/1/26)
Provides for the amount of interest awarded on claims for personal injury or wrongful death in suits against the state or political subdivisions. (8/1/26)
Provides for donations that a curator may make on behalf of an interdict and limitations on forced portion to forced heirs with disabilities. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to the modification of child custody. (8/1/26)
Provides for effects of leases of movable property. (8/1/26)
Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Provides for testimony of medical experts in child custody and in need of care cases. (8/1/26)
Provides for limits on recovery in tort claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress absent physical injury. (8/1/26)
Authorizes the parish of Lincoln to expropriate property by a declaration of taking
Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code
Provides for recoverable medical expenses. (1/1/26)
Provides relative to filings in civil and criminal courts
Provides relative to condominium associations
Provides relative to the free exercise of religion
Provides relative to liability for the unlawful termination of a pregnancy
Provides relative to consumable hemp
Provides relative to legal holidays in recognition of the Washington Parish Free Fair
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the mandatory retirement of judges (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides relative to court commissioners of the 19th JDC
Provides relative to proceedings in forma pauperis for prisoners (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Provides relative to bonds for notaries public (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Establishes a duty of care for online platforms who contract with minors
Provides relative to the limitation of civil liability for nonprofits that donate medical supplies
Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
Provides for limitation of liability of public entities for false imprisonment of an offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment. (8/1/25)
Provides for the termination of manufacturer vehicle tracking services in certain cases of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides relative to the freedom to display the flag of the United States
Provides relative to prescription of certain debts
Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions
Provides for in vitro fertilization. (8/1/25)
Provides for legislative continuances and extensions of time for legislators and legislative employees. (gov sig)
Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the procedures for the recusal of judges
Provides for enforceability of penalty clauses in wills. (8/1/25)
Provides for reciprocal notarial authority of notaries qualified in St. Martin Parish and St. Landry Parish. (8/1/25)
Provides for the continuous revision of successions. (8/1/25)
Provides for validity of testaments. (8/1/25)
Provides for legal servitudes. (8/1/25)
Provides for the jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Hammond. (8/1/25)
Requests the Supreme Court of Louisiana to require attorneys to complete a one-hour course on the legislative process as a part of the annual continuing legal education requirement.
Provides for a cause of action for operation of short-term rentals. (8/1/25)
Prohibits recovery of certain damages for unauthorized aliens
Provides relative to modified comparative fault
Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims
Provides relative to recovery limitations for failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security
Provides for liberative prescription on mineral leases on state property. (8/1/25)
Provides relative to lawsuit procedures for incarcerated individuals
Provides relative to unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to attorney advertising
Prohibits foreign adversaries and prohibited foreign actors from participating in certain property transactions. (gov sig)
Expands La. Products Liability Act to include digital products
Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27)
Provides for a reversionary trust
Provides relative to fees reasonably expected to be earned by an attorney
Provides limitations relative to claims for general damages
Provides relative to disclosure of financing agreements
Provides relative to venue for certain actions involving uninsured and underinsured motorist policies
Provides relative to certain notifications in delictual actions
Provides relative to a limit on attorney fees
Provides for transparency in medical expenses
Provides relative to a claimant's duty to mitigate damages with respect to the actions for recovery
Provides relative to recovery of past medical expenses. (1/1/26)
Provides for recoverable medical expenses. (1/1/26)
Provides for liability for judgment of dismissal. (8/1/25)
Provides for recoverable damages and medical expenses for personal injury from a motor vehicle accident. (8/1/25)
Provides for a legal holiday in the accrual of prescription. (8/1/25)
Provides for recoverable medical expenses, limitation upon jury trials and admissibility of evidence in civil actions. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides for legislative continuances and extensions of time for legislators and legislative employees. (Item #20) (gov sig)
Constitutional amendment to provide for elections to fill newly-created judgeships and judicial vacancies and for exceptions as to courts of limited or specialized jurisdictions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of courts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
Provides for legislative continuances and extensions of time for legislators and legislative employees. (Item #20) (gov sig)
Provides for legislative continuances. (Item #20) (gov sig)
Provides relative to interruption of prescription and venue
Provides relative to nondisclosure agreements
Provides for legislative continuances or extensions. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to continuous service for the purpose of determination of chief judge. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to electronic filings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Authorizes the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court to hold certain sessions of court west of the Mississippi River
Provides for payment of recoverable medical expenses from collateral sources
Provides for regulation of litigation funding by a third party that is a foreign person, state, or wealth fund. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for privileges on immovables. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to confidentiality of records in cases involving certain protected persons
Creates an additional judgeship for the 23rd Judicial District Court (EN +$462,884 EX See Note)
Provides relative to judicial security (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides for venue for actions involving certain insurers
Limits liability of operators of motor vehicles for harm caused to certain persons who are injured while illegally blocking a road or highway
Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Provides for electronic filing and record retention. (8/1/24)
Provides for motion for judgment on offer of judgment. (8/1/24)
Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the Private Works Act
Provides relative to certain judicial proceedings conducted by remote technology (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to liability for commercial motor vehicles
Provides relative to civil liability protection for local governments concerning events on the Mississippi River levee
Provides relative to child support guidelines
Extends prescription on tort actions
Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor. (6/14/24)
Constitutional amendment to increase the non-lawyer membership of and provide for the selection judiciary commission members and to require investigations be conducted by directive of the supreme court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$7,115 GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to in vitro fertilization
Constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature, by law, to establish additional courts enacted by a two-thirds vote. (2/3 - CA12s1(A)) (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides relative to association documents of planned communities
Provides with respect to annual financial reports on state and local court funding and expenses
Provides relative to bankruptcy
Provides for continuous revisions relative to civil procedure
Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)
Provides for methods of enforcing mortgages. (8/1/24)
Provides for limitation upon jury trials. (1/1/25)
Provides for sale of litigious rights. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to court reporter fees in the Fourteenth Judicial District (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the 19th JDC
Provides relative to filing fees for the Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program in the 19th JDC (EN +$120,000 LF RV See Note)
Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to liability for damages caused by livestock
Provides relative to warranty for negotiable instruments and depository and collecting banks
Provides for special charitable trusts. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the prescription of actions for violation of building restrictions
Provides for the prospective and retroactive application of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
Authorizes service of process by commercial courier
Authorizes service of process by commercial courier
Provides for trusts for minors and persons with disabilities. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to expropriation. (8/1/24)
Provides for the Planned Community Act. (See Act)
Provides relative to jurisdiction of city and parish courts over eviction proceedings
Provides relative to the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24)
Provides for full or limited continuing tutorship. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to certain witness fees
Provides for the jurisdictional limits of city courts. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides for the Uniform Collaborative Family Law Act. (8/1/24)
Provides for the filiation of children. (8/1/24)
Provides for the revocation of beneficiary designation for certain assets. (8/1/24)
Provides that part of the Children's Code's purpose is to promote public safety. (8/1/24)
Provides for the allocation of community property following a petition for divorce. (8/1/24)
Provides for small succession procedures. (8/1/24)
Provides for continuous revisions to the Children's Code. (8/1/24) (EN LF EX See Note)
Provides for expert testimony. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to legislative intent of certain Acts relating to causes of action for abuse of a minor.
Repeals environmental docket for the 24th JDC
Provides relative to justices of the peace in Plaquemines Parish
Provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
Provides for the jurisdictional limits for the city courts located in the 15th judicial district. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to pipeline servitudes
Provides relative to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration. (8/1/24)
Provides for the appointment of interpreters in court proceedings. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Designates the city of Carencro as the Seasoning Capital of the World
Repeals certain reporting requirements from the district courts to the judicial administrator of the supreme court (EN -$218,000 RV See Note)
Designates Act No. 470 of the 2022 Regular Session as "The Jean and Elise Act"
Provides relative to delivery of judgment of interdiction
Provides for consent of a legal representative of a minor who contracts with certain parties
Requests the La. State Bar Association to work with organizations providing legal aid to assist parents and guardians of children with disabilities to obtain permanent tutorships
Requests the La. State Law Institute to study procedures for establishing child support and paternity for minor parents
Provide relative to the limitation of liability for recreational landowners
Provides for contigency fee contracts. (8/1/24)
Provides for contigency fee contracts. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to evidence in child custody cases
Provides relative to attorney service contracts. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to liability arising from COVID-19 vaccinations
Provides the jurisdictional limits for the City Court of Bastrop. (8/1/24) (OR DECREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides for liability relative to experimental or emergency use vaccinations (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims
Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure Act
Provides for a limitation on general damages. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to pipeline crossings. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to the use of public things and obstruction of public use. (8/1/24) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for payment of recoverable medical expenses from collateral sources. (8/1/24)
Provides for occupancy and possession of immovable property. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods for delictual actions. (8/1/24)
Provides for the traumatic child abuser program. (8/1/24) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to venue for certain legal actions instituted by the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System. (8/1/24) (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
Provides for admissibility of evidence for payment of medical expenses or losses from personal injury or property damage. (8/1/24)
Provides for reversionary medical trust. (8/1/24)
Provides for liability for judgment of dismissal. (8/1/24)
Provides for limitation of recovery for soft tissue injury claims. (8/1/24)
Constitutional amendment to provide for statewide districts and election of the chief justice for the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for the definition of realtor in partition of community property. (8/1/24)
Provides immunity for the sale or service of alcohol in certain circumstances. (8/1/24)
Provides for evidence in personal injury claims. (8/1/24)
Provides for limitation of damages for compulsory motor vehicle liability security. (8/1/24)
Provides for modernization of the judiciary. (8/1/24)
Provides for jury bonds in civil actions. (8/1/24) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for collateral sources in civil actions. (8/1/24)
Provides for civil liability for distributing certain synthetic media. (8/1/24)
Provides for the Litigation Financing Disclosure Act. (8/1/24) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child
Provides relative to the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (EN +$42,376 GF EX See Note)
Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure and Security Protection Act. (8/1/23)
Provides for consent of a legal representative of a minor who contracts with certain parties
Provides relative to pregnancy-related medical expense obligations
Provides for a prohibition against foreign adversary purchasing, leasing, or acquiring land (EN GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to actions to determine ownership or possession
Provides relative to transfer of ownership of movable property
Provides for civil liability for actions related to fentanyl
Provides relative to liability associated with parades
Provides relative to motions for summary judgment
Provides relative to online judicial sales. (8/1/23)
Requests the state public retirement systems to avoid Environmental, Social, and Governance investing
Provides relative to admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression
Authorizes the utilization of court reporters licensed in another state in certain circumstances. (8/1/23)
Provides relative to electronic signatures by judges
Provides relative to parental rights in certain circumstances
Provides relative to summary judgment
Provides relative to commissioners of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN +$456,800 LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to a child in need of care
Provides with respect to the salary of magistrate judges in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court (EN +$34,700 GF EX See Note)
Provides for the expropriation of property by a declaration of taking by certain political subdivisions of Calcasieu Parish
Provides for the termination of custodial property under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude (REF INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Constitutional Amendment to provide that the right of freedom of worship in churches or other places of worship is a fundamental right that is worthy of the highest order of protection. (2/3-CA13s1(A))
Provides for procuration or mandate by a succession representative. (7/1/23)
Provides relative to trained peer support members
Provides relative to post-adoption visitation rights of grandparents
Eliminates the minimum child support award in the child support guidelines
Provides relative to default judgments
Provides relative to legislative continuances (RE DECREASE LF RV See Note)
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations on legislation relative to electronic filing and records retention.
Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding notice and mailing requirements
Provides relative to continuous service for the purpose of determination of chief judge
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations on whether a limited continuing tutorship should be established.
Provides relative to court costs in suits involving the state and state agencies in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/23)
Provides for liability for damages caused by a firearm stolen from a vehicle and used in the commission of a felony. (8/1/23)
Provides relative to public health emergencies. (gov sig)
Provides relative to liability associated with Mardi Gras parades
Provides relative to advertisements for legal services. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the free exercise of religion
Provides for the right of action in wrongful death and survival actions
Provides relative to homeowners association privileges
Provides relative to partition by licitation
Provides relative to repair contracts following a natural disaster
Provides for mental health evaluations in divorce and child custody proceedings
Provides for the possession and use of community property following a petition for divorce
Provides for suspension of certain licenses for failure to comply with subpoenas, or warrants, or court orders in paternity or child support cases. (gov sig)
Provides for uniform prerequisites for adoption finalization
Provides relative to surnames recorded on original birth certificates
Provides for special masters in certain civil actions arising within a parish included in a major disaster declaration. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the application of abortion statutes. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to certain deed restrictions
Provides for deposition or trial testimony of out-of-state insurance claims adjusters who are licensed or registered in the state. (8/1/22)
Provides relative to the Judicial Council
Provides for limitations on recoverable past medical expenses
Provides relative to legal holidays
Provides for liability for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors
Provides relative to abandonment of a rental premises following the declaration of a federally declared disaster
Provides for the Allen Toussaint Legacy Act. (8/1/22)
Provides for access to an adopted person's original birth certificate
Provides relative to emergency suspension of legal deadlines
Provides relative to a firearm hold agreement
Provides for the service of the original petition with the amended petition
Provides relative to court costs and fees in domestic abuse cases. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor
Provides relative to certain eviction proceedings in the City Court of Hammond
Provides relative to clerks of court. (8/1/22)
Provides for ex officio notaries public with certain limited authority for the Beauregard Parish School Board
Provides relative to certain judicial proceedings conducted by audio-visual means
Provides relative to the traffic violations bureau in certain city courts. (gov sig)
Adds a second commissioner to the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court and authorizes commissioners to preside over domestic violence cases and civil matters. (8/1/22) (EN +$125,250 LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to legal malpractice. (7/1/22)
Urges and requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to the feasibility of codifying certain cases relative to R.S. 38:113
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and recommend legislation to implement procedures for conducting online judicial sales.
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to involuntary servitude and the administration of criminal justice
Provides for the continuous revision of the Children's Code
Provides relative to continuances or extensions in court proceedings
Provides relative to garnishments. (8/1/22)
Requests the courts to develop and implement a unified court cost system
Requests the La. Supreme Court to implement a minimum continuing legal education requirement for district attorneys and judges on the topic of domestic violence
Requests the La. State Law Institute to study certain proposed changes relative to the use of interpreters in court proceedings
Provides relative to the assignment of domestic violence matters in the Nineteenth Judicial District
Authorizes city court judges to serve as the attorney member of a medical review panel
Provides relative to electronic filing of documents
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding reply memoranda in response to a motion for summary judgment.
Provides for the parish of execution of remote online notarial acts
Provides relative to the jurisdictional limits for the City Court of Houma
Provides for cotutorship of child in that either parent acting alone can act on behalf of the child. (gov sig)
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the mandatory retirement age for judges
Provides for release of superior mortgage payoff amount for sheriff sales. (8/1/22)
Provides for liberative prescription. (gov sig)
Provides relative to liability for veterinary professionals for the reporting of animal cruelty
Provides relative to the termination of an existing judicial section of the Juvenile Court for Orleans Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to small successions
Provides relative to revocable trusts
Provides for the return of donated property
Provides relative to irrevocable trusts for individuals interdicted
Provides relative to the recusal of judges
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to the Uniform Collaborative Law Act
Provides relative to testimony presented by audio-visual means
Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic Filing and Records Retention.
Provides for delictual actions. (8/1/22)
Provides for the disposition of abandoned movable property. (8/1/22)
Provides relative to facsimile transmission of filings in civil actions. (8/1/22)
Provides relative to child support. (1/1/23)
Provides relative to seizure of property. (8/1/22)
Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure Act. (1/1/23)
Provides relative to venue and jurisdiction in adoption
Provides relative to juror compensation rates. (gov sig)
Provides relative to private and agency adoptions
Prohibits discrimination relative to immunization status. (8/1/22)
Constitutional amendment to provide for freedom from discrimination relative to immunization status. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Provides relative to public health emergencies. (gov sig)
Creates the Louisiana State Surface Water Integrity Act. (8/1/22)
Provides relative to liability of healthcare providers during a state of public health emergency. (8/1/22)
Provides for renters rights. (8/1/22).
Provides relative to the payment of certain expenses in personal injury claims. (8/1/22).
Provides for the Planned Community Act. (8/1/22)
Prohibits discrimination by government agencies and officials on the basis of vaccination or immunity status
Provides for liability relative to the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Authorizes judges of the City Court of Shreveport to serve as an attorney member of a medical review panel
Provides relative to immovable property in successions
Provides for advertisement of judicial sales
Provides relative to prescription
Provides with respect to in forma pauperis proceedings
Provides for liability for damages caused by sexual assault
Provides relative to the Online Judge Pilot Program (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to protective orders
Provides relative to the reduction of a child support obligation during the obligor's incarceration
Provides relative to appointment of special masters in certain civil actions arising within a parish included in a major disaster declaration (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the online dispute resolution pilot project for certain cases filed in the City Court of East St. Tammany
Provides with respect to healthcare records
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study provisions of law on partition of community property
Provides relative to the jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Sulphur
Provides relative to the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor
Changes the territorial jurisdiction of justices of the peace and constables in Pointe Coupee Parish
Provides for the limitation of civil liability for agents, contractors, and representatives of proprietors
Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
Provides relative to certain judgeships in the Twenty-First Judicial District (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the recusal of judges
Provides relative to default judgments
Provides relative to the payment of fees for interpreters for non-English-speaking persons in civil cases. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Authorizes transfer on death of certain securities. (1/1/22)
Provides relative to the management of the affairs of an interdict. (8/1/21)
Provides relative to continuous revision of the Children's Code. (8/1/21)
Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Benefits of Marriage and Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.
Provides for the definition of domestic abuse
Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the adoption of the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act
Constitutional Amendment to increase the composition of the Louisiana Supreme Court from six to eight associate justices. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Prohibits an unworthy successor from directly or indirectly benefiting from the death of his spouse or his child. (gov sig)
Provides for the modernization of certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
Provides for the salary of the marshal of the city court of Lafayette. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Creates a task force to study the electronic filing of public documents with the clerk of court of Ouachita Parish.
Urges the Supreme Court of La. to approve CLE credit for full-time legislative staff attorneys
Provides relative to the partition of property
Provides relative to sexual assault victims as parties to certain residential lease agreements
Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the role of the Department of Children and Family Services as an indispensable party in certain domestic matters
Provides relative to notary examination preparatory education and instruction reporting requirements
Directs the Firefighters' Retirement System to form a committee to study issues related to allowing employees of private entities to participate in the system
Provides relative to determination of ownership of a domestic animal. (8/1/21)
Provides relative to partition of immovable property under certain circumstances. (8/1/21)
Provides relative to civil jury trials and deposits for costs and expenses. (8/1/21) (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (OR NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to partitions of property
Requests the Judicial Council to study the feasibility of dividing the 15th Judicial District into two separate judicial districts.
Requests that the Louisiana State Law Institute study certain matters pertaining to the Louisiana Trust Code.
Memorializes the United States Senate to confirm the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court
Provides relative to the sealing of eviction records. (gov sig) (Items #68 and #70)
Provides relative to evidence of causation from nonuse of a safety belt (Item #40)
Enacts the Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020 (Item #40)
Provides relative to safety belts. (Item #40) (1/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the Constitution of Louisiana and make recommendations to the legislature regarding transitional and outdated language that can be removed or changed without affecting the effect of the constitutional provisions
Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020 (Item #40) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Enacts the Citizens' Premium Reduction Act (Item #40) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Suspends certain provisions of law relative to safety belt evidence. (Item #40) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Suspends provisions relative to safety belt evidence (Item #40)
Suspends provisions of law relative to direct actions against insurers (Item #40)
Suspends provision of law relative to jury trial threshold (Item #40) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for the emergency suspension of time limitations in certain civil proceedings (Item #40)
Provides relative to civil liability and certain actions for nullity involving fraud. (Item #40) (See Act)
Suspends certain provisions of law relative to direct actions against insurers. (Item #40) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Suspends certain provisions of law relative to the jury trial threshold. (Item #40) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides relative to certain civil actions, civil liability, damages, and procedures. (1/1/21) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides relative to certain civil liability, actions, damages, and procedures. (1/1/21) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for evidence in personal injury claims
Provides for the recognition of separate legal personalities among affiliated corporations and other business entities
Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020. (1/1/21) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Provides relative the composition of the election sections of the Second District of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal
Limits liability of persons who provide relief or recovery equipment or services during a declared state emergency. (gov sig)
Limits liability for restaurants that provide food-to-go during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)
Provides relative to certain immunity from civil liability during state of emergencies. (gov sig)
Provides relative to collateral source and recoverable expenses. (Item #40)
Provides relative to successions
Provides relative to supported decisionmaking agreements as a less restrictive means to interdiction
Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
Provides for the execution of electronic notarial acts
Provides relative to the presumption of paternity
Provides relative to the prescriptive period for child support judgments
Provides relative to the election of judges for the 2nd JDC
To change the name of the Slidell City Court
Provides relative to partitions by private sale
Authorizes the city of Central to expropriate property by declaration for the purpose of maintaining and improving drainage. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the recordation of birth certificates of children born to armed forces members. (8/1/20)
Increases the daily compensation paid to jurors in civil cases. (1/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to continuing tutorship. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to advertisements for legal services. (1/1/21)
Provides a limitation of liability for donating certain wild game
Provides for the ratification of certain executive orders relative to notarial acts
Provides relative to fantasy sports contests (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to contempt proceedings when the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services
Provides for the suspension of prescription
Provides relative to the election of judges in the 14th JDC
Provides relative to the procedure for independent administration of successions
Limits liability of a nonprofit organization or employee for the disclosure of certain information. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the nature of production payments
Provides relative to servitudes of drainage. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the allocation of receipts and expense to income and principal
Provides for the continuous revision of succession law
Exempts from seizure payments received under governmental entities as a result of an outstanding emergency event. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the signing of civil pleadings
Provides for ownership in bond for deed contracts for purposes of homestead exemptions
Provides for continuous revisions to the Trust Code
Provides relative to the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. (gov sig) (EN -$32,500 LF EX See Note)
Extends prescriptive period for certain delictual actions from one to two years. (1/1/21) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Reduces jury trial threshold from $50,000 to $20,000. (1/1/21) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for the Litigation Reduction Act. (1/1/21) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Directs certain executive and judicial branch agencies to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports to the Senate Committee on Judiciary A until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Benefits of Marriage and Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.
Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association to implement a lawyer advertisement review recognition program.
Provides relative to limitation of liability of governmental entities which require its employees to work during a declared state of emergency. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the subject matter jurisdiction of certain courts
Provides for the execution of electronic notarial acts. (8/1/20)
Provides for the suspension of all civil prescriptive, peremptive, filing, and other deadlines in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declared by the governor
Provides for the emergency suspension of time limitations in certain civil proceedings
Provides relative to court reporter fees
Suspends the provisions of Act 260 of the 2019 Regular Session relative to structured settlements.
Creates a duty to warn on certain professionals and treating institutions and limits liability for disclosure when a patient's referral to a coroner for a mental status examination. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to limitation of civil liability for medical personnel and healthcare providers during public health emergency. (gov sig)
Provides for the use and exemptions applicable to payments, grants, and loans made by governmental entities to persons resulting from the occurrence of an extraordinary emergency event. (gov sig)
Suspends certain legal requirements as a result of emergency health measures relative to the COVID-19. (gov sig)
Suspends certain legal requirements as a result of emergency health measures relative to the Coronavirus.
Provides relative to $500,000 limitation on general damages. (8/1/20)
Exempts persons from jury duty who have been interdicted or are under a continuing tutorship. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to fees charged by clerks of court for real estate mortgage certificates and lien certificates. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to medical expenses paid in workers' compensation claims. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to admissibility of certain evidence regarding failure to wear a safety belt. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to prescription. (8/1/20)
Provides for documentation and verification of certain information submitted by applicants for marriage licenses. (8/1/20)
Extends prescriptive period for delictual actions from one to two years, but except medical malpractice. (1/1/21)
Provides for the continuous revision of the Children's Code. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to court costs and fees in domestic abuse cases. (gov sig)
Provides relative to medical expenses paid by a collateral source. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to liability to third parties of members and managers. (8/1/20)
Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges and to prohibit a mandatory retirement age for public office holders and public employment.
Designates venue for any challenge to the authority of the legislature or a legislative entity or any challenge to the issuance or enforcement of a legislative subpoena. (8/1/20)
Prohibits certain collateral source benefits from being claimed as set-offs of damages for civil liability purposes. (8/1/20)
Provides for Litigation Reduction Act. (1/1/21)
Requires a judge to keep a domestic abuse victim's address confidential under certain circumstances. (gov sig)
Provides relative to interpreters for non-English-speaking persons in civil protective order cases. (gov sig)
Requires judges to file personal financial disclosure forms as a public record. (gov sig)
Provides for the marshal of the city court of Lafayette. (1/1/21)
Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods for delictual actions. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to certain limitations on recovery of medical claims. (8/1/20)
Creates the office of the commissioner of the 22nd Judicial District Family Court. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides for limitation of liability of a landowner of property used for recreational purposes and award of attorney fees and court costs under certain circumstances. (8/1/20)
Reduces jury trial threshold from $50,000 to $20,000. (1/1/21)
Adds a second commissioner to the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court and authorizes commissioners to preside over domestic violence cases and civil matters. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Removes award of attorney fees in proceedings relative to the remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/20)
Provides for jury trial thresholds. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to interment of military servicemen and women. (gov sig)
Provides relative to safety belts. (8/1/20)
(Constitutional Amendment) Stipulates that no provision of the constitution protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion
Provides relative to interpreters for non-English-speaking persons in civil protective order cases. (gov sig)
Provides for parental consent and judicial limitations and authorization for a minimum age for marriage. (8/1/19)
Establishes requirements for transportation network companies (EN +$115,000 SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to the issuance of reasonable notice to the Louisiana Department of Health upon judicial commitment following judicial hearing
Provides relative to the destruction of certain court records in city court
Expands the jurisdiction of mayor's courts to include the collection of municipal utility debts
Provides relative to parenting education programs and child custody
Provides relative to privileges on immovables
Enacts the Louisiana Structured Settlement Protection Act. (7/1/20)
Provides for an exception to the use of electronic or audio recordings by court reporters in New Orleans Civil District Court to hearings regarding protection from abuse, assault, and stalking. (8/1/19)
Provides relative to amendments of child support orders. (8/1/19)
Exempts the refundable portion of the child tax credit from seizure. (gov sig)
Provides relative to activities of out-of-state trust companies. (gov sig)
Provides relative to salaries for judges as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission. (gov sig) (EN +$1,802,964 OF EX See Note)
Provides for the Louisiana Commission on Justice System Funding
Provides relative to the jurisdictional limits of the City Court of Lake Charles
Provides relative to a special taxing district in Avoyelles Parish to fund construction and operation of courtroom and related facilities
Creates the Task Force on Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.
Provides relative to aleatory contracts
Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association review rules governing solicitation advertising by attorneys.
Authorizes liens against certain immovable property for monies expended from the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund. (8/1/19)
Provides relative to the appointment of a justice of the peace ad hoc
Provides relative to an award of custody to a person other than a parent
Provides for parenting coordinators in child custody proceedings
Provides actions for damages against real estate appraisers, appraisal management companies, and real estate appraisal companies. (8/1/19)
Prohibits certain nondisclosure agreements in settlements involving the payment of public funds
Provides relative to community service litter abatement programs
Provides relative to justice of the peace courts and constables in St. Tammany Parish. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the First and Second Parish Courts of Jefferson Parish. (gov sig)
Requires the return of certain abandoned funds to the town of Berwick
Provides relative to qualifications to be appointed a notary public
Provides for ex officio notaries public with certain limited authority for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury
Provides relative to payments to a minor from a judgment or settlement
Provides relative to suits against the state and state officials and employees
Memorializes congress to authorize the garnishment of veterans' disability benefits to fulfill child support obligations
Creates a task force to study the advisability of creating a statewide business court.
Provides relative to certain civil liability damages and prescription. (8/1/19)
Provides right of an oral argument in contradictory proceedings. (gov sig) (EGF INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Requests Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of authorizing "series" limited liability companies in Louisiana.
Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2019 (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the admissibility of evidence for failure to wear a safety belt
Authorizes the City Court of Denham Springs to transfer surplus filing fees. (8/1/19)
Provides relative to safety belts. (8/1/19)
Provides for admissibility of worker's compensation payments in a civil proceeding for damages for the same injury. (8/1/19)
Creates a new judicial district out of the Third Judicial District. (gov sig)
Provides relative to residential leases and eviction requirements.
Constitutional amendment to require unanimous juries for felonies. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Revises definition of "children" in the Children's Code. (gov sig)
Provides relative to appellate panels. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to placements minor's funds from a judgment or settlement. (8/1/18)
Provides for the acquisition of blighted property in certain municipalities. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
Modifies relative to transfers of interest and property disclosure forms
Provides for the regulation of the adoption of children
Provides relative to disclosure of information in the state central registry of reports of child abuse and neglect (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Authorizes exemplary damages in civil actions for death from hazing. (gov sig)
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study exemptions from seizure of certain retirement accounts
Provides relative to the cancellation of inferior privileges, liens, and mortgages
Provides relative to the use of restraints on juveniles during court proceedings
Provides relative to court costs for small successions. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to prescription for tuition fees. (8/1/18)
Authorizes the expropriation of property including rights-of-way for use in certain projects in the city of Lafayette and parish of Lafayette. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to the interruption of prescription
Provides relative to security deposits for residential leases. (1/1/19)
Provides relative to family violence and domestic abuse as factors to consider in determining visitation and custody. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the chief judge of city courts with two or more divisions. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to visitation rights of grandparents and siblings. (8/1/18)
Provides for the modification of support orders when the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services. (gov sig)
Provides relative to joint custody decrees and implementation orders during a declared disaster. (gov sig)
Provides relative to child support orders. (10/1/18)
Provides immunity from liability for person providing gratuitous emergency care to a minor or domestic animal. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to the execution of an order for protective custody and examination. (gov sig)
Provides for authority of courts in times of an emergency or disaster
Provides relative to the waiting period before performing a marriage ceremony (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for access to funds in a securities account prior to naming of an executor
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to electronic notarial acts
Provides relative to costs for filing a legislative continuance or extension
Provides relative to personal injury claims against the state
Provides relative to taking judicial notice of statutes
Provides relative to court-appointed special advocates (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to ex officio notaries for coroners
Provides for healthcare coverage relative to child support
Provides with respect to attorney fees and costs in domestic abuse cases
Provides relative to divorce and spousal support
Provides relative to tutorship
Provides relative to pretrial and scheduling conferences
Provides relative to deposited funds payable to a surviving spouse
Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
Provides for authorization to move human remains. (gov sig)
Provides relative to reporting of child abuse and neglect (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the Indian Child Welfare Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to parental drug testing before allowing a foster child to return to the home. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Prohibits credit reporting agencies from charging a fee to place, reinstate, temporarily lift, or revoke a security freeze. (gov sig)
Provides relative to notarial examinations by secretary of state. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Provides relative to civil actions for domestic abuse. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the suspension of child support when a parent is incarcerated (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the delays for responding to discovery requests in certain proceedings
Provides relative to an heir's interests in succession property
Provides relative to the computation of time periods for seeking rehearing, reconsideration, or judicial review or appeal of administrative decisions
Revises certain provisions of the Safe Haven Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to gestational carrier contracts. (gov sig)
Provides the option of a right of direct action against the insurer alone when the insured is a small business employing fifty or fewer full-time employees. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to salaries for judges as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission. (gov sig) (EG +$1,749,162 GF EX See Note)
Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to study the expedited process fee paid by child support obligors
Authorizes business entities to assert or defend certain claims on their own behalf. (gov sig)
Provides for the filiation of a child
Enacts the Louisiana Right to Earn a Living Act. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to medical malpractice and certain limitations of liability and procedures. (8/1/18) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides right of an oral argument in contradictory proceedings. (gov sig)
Provides with regard to voiding acknowledgment of paternity
Provides relative to transportation network company requirements
Provides relative to appellate records. (gov sig)
Provides 18 years of age shall be the minimum age for marriage. (8/1/18)
Adds licensed athletic trainer under the medical malpractice act
Provides relative to the admissibility of evidence of failure to wear a safety belt
Authorizes and provides relative to certain electronic notarial acts. (8/1/19)
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to review state laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relative to mental health evaluations used in child custody and visitation proceedings.
Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Extends the prescriptive period for instituting certain claims. (gov sig)
Provides relative to safety belts. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to ownership of immovable property by foreign partnerships
To provide for the confidentiality of certain risk management information in early learning centers. (8/1/18)
Provides for privileges and default options for owners of self-service storage facilities. (8/1/18)
Provides for the Pastor Protection Act. (gov sig)
Provides relative to adoption records by adopted persons. (gov sig) (OR +$358,676 GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to modification of support orders when the department is providing support enforcement services. (gov sig)
Provides for privileges and default options for owners of self-service storage facilities. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to certain limitation on recovery of medical claims. (8/1/18)
Requires that the attorney general receive certain annual reports from the owners of self-service storage facilities. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and domestic relations divisions. (8/1/18)
Provides for the revision of certain terminology in marriage law. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to prostitution. (gov sig)
Increases small succession from $125,000 to $250,000. (gov sig)
Establishes the Ascension Parish Courthouse Fund for the construction of a new courthouse for the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court and the Ascension Parish Court (EN +$1,985,370 LF RV See Note)
Provides for continuous revisions to the Code of Civil Procedure and related provisions of the Revised Statutes
Allows certain business records to be self-authenticated
Provides with respect to legislative continuance
Provides relative to terminology of court-ordered and other mandatory examinations in civil and administrative matters and claims. (gov sig) (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to exploited children. (8/1/17) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for the use of fees collected by the marshal of the city of Hammond (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to payment of processing fee for certain garnishment proceedings (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to sealing and delivering depositions
Provides relative to the filing of requests for medical review panels
Provides relative to child support when a parent is incarcerated
Provides relative to district court's and juvenile court's jurisdiction over adults in criminal proceedings
Provides relative to a detailed descriptive list in an independent administration of estates
Provides for the continuous revision of community property laws
Provides relative to indemnity for right and servitude of passage on certain waterways. (8/1/17)
Provides for curatorship. (8/1/17)
Authorizes the disclosure of autopsy-related information to the Department of Children and Family Services at no charge (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to an increase in fees charged by court reporters in the 27th Judicial District Court (EN +$10,000 LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to transcript fees charged by court reporters in the 14th Judicial District
Provides relative to transcript fees charged by court reporters in Terrebonne Parish (EN +$14,298 LF EX See Note)
Provides for an increase in certain fees and costs in the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to birth certificates in certain cases of adoption
Provides relative to small successions
Provides relative to extinction of rights relating to immovable property
Provides relative to termination of parental rights
Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District
Provides relative to the stay of discovery in certain proceedings
Provides relative to compensation and distribution of costs of justices of the peace and constables. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to clerks of court. (8/1/17) (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides for the suspension and extension of prescription and peremption due to 2016 flooding disaster. (gov sig)
Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (gov sig)
Requests the Judicial Council to study the feasibility of dividing the 15th Judicial District into three separate judicial districts.
Enacts the "Allen Toussaint Legacy Act" for the purpose of creating an individual property right of identity
Provides right of oral argument in contradictory proceedings. (gov sig) (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for a mayor's court in the village of Athens
Provides for certain form requirements imposed on financial institutions relative to the cancellation of mortgages
Provides for the acceptance of a child surrendered for adoption by the Department of Children and Family Services
Clarifies contract requirements relative to public license tag agents (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to suspension or extension of prescription, peremption, and certain legal deadlines
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the laws governing paternity and birth certificates
Requests a study and recommendations by the La. State Law Institute concerning the prospective use of the term "d/Deaf" in law
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study tutorship and the legal capacity of an emancipated minor
Establishes safety, reliability, and access requirements for Transportation Network Companies (RR INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to the repayment or retention of unused court costs (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Provides relative to marriage license applications
Provides relative to physical or mental examinations of certain persons. (8/1/17)
Provides relative to civil actions and remedies in matters involving domestic abuse. (8/1/17)
Provides for security deposits and evictions involving residential leases. (1/1/18)
Provides for liability for violation of certain federal detainer orders under certain circumstances
Provides for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans (EN +$56,500 LF EX See Note)
Provides a limitation of liability for landowners who grant a right of passage to cemeteries
Provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
Provides relative to applicable fees and costs incurred for the production of records
Provides for the termination of parental rights in certain circumstances
Provides a three-year liberative prescriptive period for actions arising from cases of rape
Provides a limitation of liability for certain persons mentoring an offender on probation
Provides relative to the Louisiana State Law Institute. (1/1/17) (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides for revisions to the Trust Code
Provides relative to Ascension Parish Court. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to leases or subleases of immovable property owned, leased or controlled by a public benefit corporation. (gov sig)
Provides relative to children conceived through gamete donation
Provides for the issuance of a certificate of employability by a reentry division of court under certain circumstances
Provides relative to notary exam and study material fees
Provides for the completion of a birth certificate
Provides relative to the calculation of child support when the parents have shared or split custody
Authorizes the use of electronic signatures on temporary restraining orders and protective orders
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations to the Louisiana Legislature regarding state law post-Obergefell v. Hodges.
Urges the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to shared custody.
Requests Louisiana State Law Institute study the award of child support for adult children with disabilities.
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations to the legislature regarding abuse of incentives in the adoption process
Provides relative to the employment of special attorneys or counsel. (gov sig) (REF DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Authorizes the insurance commissioner to appoint employees of the Department of Insurance as ex officio notaries
Provides with respect to representation of indigent or absent parents
Provides relative to the application of certain limitations on the admissibility of character evidence in civil cases
Provides for the filiation of children
Provides for appointment of ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department. (gov sig)
Repeals certain provisions relative to jury trials that were declared unconstitutional. (gov sig)
Enacts Louisiana Uniform Adult Guardianship Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Authorizes a qui tam action for persons who disclose certain cases of fraud
Provides relative to clerks of court as ex officio recorders
Requests the Judicial Council to study the Thirty-Second Judicial District and make recommendations to the legislature regarding the creation of a minority election section.
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding feasibility of revisions to the law of wills and testaments.
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding the feasibility of an enforceable mediation or arbitration provision in a testament or trust.
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of revising state law regarding standing for private associations to seek injunctive relief for a zoning violation and also to study present penalties for zoning violations.
Provides relative to transmittal of certain notices required pursuant to medical malpractice law
Provides for the revocation of P.O.S.T. certification for peace officers convicted of malfeasance in office. (8/1/16)
Provides for the crime of resisting an officer when one knowingly interferes with a police cordon. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to the liability of certain persons for the actions of persons with developmental disabilities
Provides relative to mortgage and conveyance records
Provides relative to the use of certain court funds in the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District
Provides relative to notice in child support actions
Provides relative to the membership of the child support review committee
Provides relative to the calculation of adjusted gross income for child support
Provides relative to the imputation of income when a parent is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed
Provides for the provision of cash medical support when a family receives support enforcement services
Repeals the provision in the Vital Records Law regarding allegations of paternity for child support purposes
Provides with respect to the use of the judicial building fund for city courts
Provides for the disposal of certain misdemeanor records
Authorizes certain district courts to establish reentry courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides with respect to condominium associations
Revises language in the tutorship articles of the Civil Code
Provides relative to additional default remedies by certain debtors under certain secured transactions. (8/1/16)
Provides for certain penalties regarding the unauthorized practice of law. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (gov sig)
Prohibits certain persons from preventing or limiting communication, visitation, or interaction with others
Extends the territorial jurisdiction of the City Court of the town of Franklin
Provides with respect to the revocation of notarial commissions
Provides for disclosure of information to property owners whose property is subject to expropriation
Provides with respect to legislative continuance in civil cases
Requires employers to report pending lump-sum payments to employees to appropriate enforcement agencies
Provides relative to rights and requirements of certain persons authorized to arrange the disposition of human remains
Provides for changes to procedures for continuing tutorships
Provides for continuous revisions to the Code of Civil Procedure and related provisions of the Revised Statutes
Regulates unsolicited offers for the transfer and sale of mineral rights. (gov sig)
Provides with respect to facsimile filings
Provides for the inclusion of certain information in a judgment of interdiction
Provides relative to venue in certain proceedings involving abuse
Provides relative to intrafamily adoptions. (gov sig)
Provides relative to additional default remedies by certain debtors under certain secured transactions. (8/1/16)
Provides for powers of the estate of a deceased or incompetent member of a limited liability company. (8/1/16)
Increases medical malpractice cap for certain child brain injuries. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for a mayor's court in the village of Creola
Provides relative to evidence admissible in certain civil actions involving domestic abuse and also provides relative to interspousal immunity. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to the state or a state agency as a party plaintiff. (gov sig)
Provides with respect to a corporation's juridical personality at the termination of corporate existence
Provides with respect to release of judicial mortgages from property acquired in bankruptcy proceeding
Provides with respect to successions and donations
Establishes a legal holiday in Union Parish
Provides for a mayor's court in the village of Elizabeth
Establishes a legal holiday in Grant Parish
Provides relative to the mayor's court for the city of Kenner
Adds the creation of a reentry court in the 4th JDC
Provides with respect to the imprescriptible reservation of mineral rights
Prohibits sanctuary policies
Provides relative to judicial treatment of certain arbitration awards. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the legislative intent regarding Act 379 of the Regular Session of 2014.
Provides for Louisiana False Claims Act. (8/1/16) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Provides right of oral argument in contradictory hearings. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the susceptibility of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry being declared an indispensable party in certain lawsuits
Extends period within which to file delictual actions from one to two years. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Abolishes the City Court of Winnsboro and establishes the Mayor's Court for the City of Winnsboro. (1/1/17)
Provides relative to the issuance of a birth certificate to a child when a judgment of filiation has been obtained. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to awards of child support for adult children with disabilities. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to evaluation by mental health professional in child custody and visitation cases. (gov sig)
Provides for cancellation of prescribed state tax liens. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to civil jury trial threshold. (gov sig)
Provides for a mayor's court in the village of Creola. (gov sig)
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study adult guardianship relative to duties arising under "Peter Falk" statutes adopted in other states.
Requires the assignment of anti-trust claims of state vendors or contractors. (8/1/16)
Provides for the Louisiana False Claims Act. (8/1/16) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Provides for proper venue for all administrative hearings involving action against regulated professions and occupations. (8/1/16) (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Provides that physical custody of children shall be shared equally in a joint custody decree. (gov sig)
Provides for an enforceable mediation or arbitration provision in a testament. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to deferred presentment and small loans. (8/1/16)
Provides for an enforceable mediation or arbitration provision in a trust. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to certain birth records. (gov sig)
Provides for separate writing identifying bequest of corporeal movable property. (8/1/16)
Provides for the burial of certain pet remains with human remains. (1/1/17)
Prohibits certain procedures against public officers concerning the compelling of appropriations of funds. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts
Provides a limitation of liability for certain facilities operated by nonprofit youth organizations
Provides for the collection of additional court costs in Baton Rouge City Court to fund technology enhancements (EN +$484,000 LF RV See Note)
Provides for documentation and verification of certain information submitted by applicants for marriage licenses
Provides relative to civil procedure
Provides relative to adult children with disabilities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to justice of the peace courts
Provides for the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts and the authority of constables of the First and Second City Court of New Orleans and their deputies and provides for judicial building fund for the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF)
Provides certain accommodations upon reasonable documentation presented by domestic abuse victims who lease residential dwellings. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for alternative dispute resolution for disputes relating to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods applicable to the reinscription of mortgages
Provides relative to court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment
Provides for the recovery of damages for injuries arising out of an act of terror
Provides with respect to the office of coroner (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Adds licensed dietitians/licensed nutritionists under the medical malpractice act
Authorizes the clerks of district court in East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes to charge an additional fee for issuing birth and death certificates. (8/1/15) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides for disposition of human remains. (7/1/15) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides for the reasonable and prudent parent standard and for certain considerations in foster care case plans and licensing requirements. (gov sig) (EN +$3,080 GF EX See Note)
Provides for parental authority of married persons, obligations of children, parents, and other ascendants, and provisional custody by mandate. (1/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to mandatory reporters
Provides relative to group insurance expenses of the clerks of court in the parishes of Ouachita and Avoyelles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)
Provides relative to group insurance expenses of the clerk of court in Cameron Parish (EN +$4,400 LF EX See Note)
Provides for revisions to the Trust Code
Provides relative to the recordation of trust extracts
Provides relative to the judgeships in the Domestic Relations Division of the Orleans Civil District Court
Provides relative to civil remedies for domestic abuse
Provides relative to early intervention programs
Provides for annual communications and public information plans concerning the Safe Haven Law
Provides relative to provisional notaries
Revises provisions of law relative to child in need of care proceedings, guardianship, and foster care
Requests professional licensing boards and commissions to ensure compliance with laws pertaining to licensure of military members and military spouses
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding whether an assignment or transfer of a mortgage loan on residential real property should be required to be recorded in the appropriate mortgage or conveyance records in order to be effective as to third parties.
Provides relative to utility servitudes
Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property (RE NO IMPACT APV)
Authorizes the award of attorney fees relative to contempt of court
Provides for a legal holiday in St. Mary Parish
Provides for the repeal of civil code articles relative to respite
Provides relative to qualifications for justices of the peace and constables
Provides relative to the origination and evidence of electronic obligations documents
Provides relative to family support enforcement
Provides with respect to the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program of the Louisiana State Bar Association
Provides relative to petitions for the name change of a minor
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding Civil Code Article 2628 and contracts predating such article that contain no specified term for an option or right of first refusal.
Provides the option of a right of direct action against the insurer alone when the insured is a small business employing fifty or fewer full-time employees. (8/1/15) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for notice to certain state departments and agencies of suits involving violation of certain permits
Authorizes each elected constable of a justice of the peace court in Tangipahoa Parish to appoint a deputy constable (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Provides relative to donations inter vivos
Provides relative to notaries and notary examinations
Requests that the United States Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Kagan recuse themselves in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges
Requires the recordation of certain instruments regarding real property rights and provides for the allocation of fees and penalties concerning the recordation requirement. (8/1/15) (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Constitutional amendment to provide that private purchasers of lands belonging to the state, school board, or levee district shall gain the ability to acquire mineral interests upon prescription resulting from nonuse without interruption. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
Provides relative to enclosed estates, right of passage, and use of levees for passage. (8/1/15)
Constitutional amendment to provide that an unborn child is a human being from the moment of conception. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Provides for locations of sessions of the 25th Judicial District Court. (gov sig)
Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for the consolidation of the New Orleans Traffic and Municipal Courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE)
Provides relative to the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts
(Constitutional amendment) Removes the mandatory retirement age of judges (EN DECREASE FC SG EX)
Relative to Family Court in the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to nuisance ordinances in the city of New Orleans (EN +$115,000 LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to civil injunctions and restraining orders. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the employment of special attorneys or counsel (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the duties and authority of justices of the peace (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the Uniform Interstate Deposition and Discovery Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to electronic assets of a decedent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to office of clerk of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the annual limit on authorized donations that a curator may make on behalf of an interdict. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Authorizes higher education employees who are veterans to take paid leave on Veterans' Day to attend certain events (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the authority to perform a marriage ceremony (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to adoptions and prohibits the re-homing of a child. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides for continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides that contingency fee contracts for private attorneys handling civil actions under the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law shall be public records. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the effective period of a temporary restraining order under certain circumstances (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to expert testimony
Provides with respect to interim and final spousal support (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to ex parte orders of temporary child custody (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the authority to expropriate (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to procedures in certain expropriation proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Authorizes the appointment of notaries public based on a pre-assessment test administered by the secretary of state
Provides for the use of electronic signatures by judges and justices. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to medical consent and certain immunities. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for fees and procedures for the receipt or issuance of certain documents by electronic means. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Includes the clerk of each district court to receive an automobile expense allowance. (8/1/14) (EN +$724,000 LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to an award of visitation rights. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides procedure for the escheatment of United States savings bonds presumed abandoned. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)
Provides relative to time delays and methods of timely submission of notices of repossession (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to special masters
Provides relative to nonresident self-insurers and self-insurance plans involving certain motor vehicle accident claims. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Relative to the term of office and qualifications for certain officers in justice of the peace courts. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Extends the termination date of the Children's Cabinet. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for an early intervention program in East Baton Rouge Parish. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to safety plan order for child in need of care. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
Authorizes retired justices of the peace to perform certain duties relative to waivers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the prescription of nonuse for properties transferred in connection to an economic development project. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for the elimination of two judges from the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. (See Act) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the judicial enforcement of sanctions for filing frivolous pleadings
Requests the Louisiana Department of Insurance to study amending R.S. 22:1295, uninsured motorist coverage, to clarify uninsured motorist rejection form rules
Authorizes the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the collateral source rule
Authorizes and directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to compile data relative to Louisiana's monetary threshold to obtain a civil jury trial
Provides for surrogacy regulation in Louisiana (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding laws applicable to the rights of landlords and residential tenants.
Provides for the Protection From Stalking Act
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding present Louisiana property law governing common interest ownership regimes.
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding Code of Civil Procedure Article 3121.
Provides limitation of liability for certain persons when an employee has a criminal conviction
Provides relative to court-approved treatment programs required for a parent with a history of family violence
Provides relative to legal representation for children and indigent parents in child protection cases
Provides relative to notice of certain expenses under the Covenant of Marriage Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to review of the actions of a mandatary
Provides with respect to parole eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to penalties for contempt of court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides for ex officio notaries for fire departments or fire protection districts
Provides relative to the general exemptions of certain property from seizure
Provides relative to hospital notaries.(8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requires certain factors be considered when a court orders visitation between a minor child and an incarcerated parent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to civil liability for theft of goods from a merchant. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for environmental court procedures in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to courts and vacancies in the office of a judge.
Provides relative to service of process. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to preparation of transcripts in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for appeals. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Lafayette. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the Louisiana Equal Housing Opportunity Act. (8/1/14) (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note)
Authorizes exemplary damages in certain suits arising from domestic abuse. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
Provides relative to divorce proceedings. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
Provides relative to the rights of military personnel to terminate a lease
Provides relative to vacancy in the office of a judge. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides for revisions to the Civil Code and Revised Statutes that pertain to security, pledge, and recordation. (1/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to partitions of immovable property and minority interests. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to motions for summary judgments. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Provides relative to the penalties for failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requires judges to sign and print their names on all judgments (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to ex officio notaries public for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to filing of bond or other security in proceedings under the Private Works Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to legal holidays in Iberia Parish (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to motions for summary judgment (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to tutorship proceedings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the delegation of authority of a trustee (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for court-ordered criminal background checks in connection with certain adoptions and provides for the petition for intrafamily adoptions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for consideration of certain child care expenses for purposes of child support when the expenses are incurred by a parent receiving job training or education. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Removes the requirement that certain petitions be verified. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Authorizes and directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding the law of lesion beyond moiety
Provides relative to effects of divorce and death upon an individual's designation of former spouse as beneficiary in certain agreements. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Exempts state and its political subdivisions from paying recordation fees in Orleans Parish courts. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE LF RV See Note)
Designates the seventh day of August as "Purple Heart Recognition Day" (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for liability for damages caused by an excluded driver (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to the transfer of surplus monies from jury funds to the Criminal Court Fund of the 21st Judicial District Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Provides relative to special civil proceedings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the title of proceedings for continuing tutorships (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requires court order be provided to the Firefighters' Retirement System before the system can seize or garnish benefits of a member (RE NO IMPACT APV)
Provides relative to procedures in certain expropriation proceedings. (8/1/14) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Provides with respect to privileges for health care providers. (8/1/14) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to powers of the Judiciary Commission. (8/1/14) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to consumer credit transactions. (8/1/14) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Constitutional amendment to remove the age beyond which judges shall not remain in office. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG DECREASE FC SG EX)
Authorizes exemplary damages in certain suits arising from domestic abuse. (8/1/14)
Provides relative to successions and donations (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to create a Water Code Committee.
Provides relative to certain birth records (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides a peremptive period for action for certain damages
Provides relative to the monetary amount in controversy necessary for a jury trial
Provides relative to civil injunctions and restraining orders
Provides relative to expedited jury trials
Provides relative to venue for actions involving latent disease
Provides relative to the Louisiana Timesharing Act. (8/1/14) (OR SEE FISC NOTE OF RV)
Provides relative to financial institutions and production of documents. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the transfer of actions in custody proceedings
Provides relative to a deficiency judgment in a short sale. (8/1/14) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for procedures relative to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/14)
Provides relative to forced heirs (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to disposition of human remains. (7/1/14)
Provides relative to service of motions for summary judgment (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides disclosure procedures for asbestos and silica claims.
Provides relative to continuous representation of a client in action for legal malpractice. (8/1/14) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Prohibits the recovery of penalties in class action suits against La. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. (8/1/14) (OR DECREASE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to the authority of certain state and local government entities to bring causes of action arising from or related to certain permits issued in the coastal area. (gov sig) (OR See Note)
Provides relative to preemption of civil actions against certain permittees of the state. (gov sig)
Provides relative to certain testamentary revocations. (8/1/14) (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the Louisiana Condominium Act. (8/1/14)
Repeals an exemption to the accountant client privilege. (8/1/14) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Limits the liability of employers and premises owners for the conduct of certain employees who have been convicted of certain crimes. (8/1/14)
Provides relative to the fundamental rights of parents. (2/3 - CA13sl(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
Provides relative to prescriptive periods and civil jury thresholds for delictual actions arising from vehicular accidents. (8/1/14)
Provides relative to lease. (8/1/14) (OR NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides with respect to the availability of jury trials in certain civil matters. (8/1/14) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to discrimination. (8/1/14) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Constitutional amendment to provide for original jurisdiction for district courts regarding workers' compensation matters. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Removes the authority of the office of workers' compensation to adjudicate workers' compensation claims and provides that the district courts have original jurisdiction of workers' compensation claims. (1/1/15)
Provides that data or information compiled or stored in digital or analog electronic form are incorporeal movables. (8/1/14)
Provides relative to civil jury trial threshold. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides certain limitations upon civil jury trials in suits arising from vehicular accidents. (8/1/14) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the transfer of interest earned and certain unclaimed fees and costs from the City Court of Lafayette's civil fee account. (8/1/14) (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides for surrogacy contracts. (8/1/13) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to possession of weapons and certain judicial proceedings and reports. (1/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides for an increase in salary for clerks of court (EN +$319,000 LF EX See Note)
Provides a comprehensive revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
Authorizes an increase in court costs in the mayor's court for the town of Mansura
Provides for salaries of judges as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission. (See Act) (EN +$2,469,573 GF EX See Note)
Authorizes courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction to designate by rule one or more divisions to which gun and weapon-related offenses may be assigned and to establish a weapon-related offenses probation program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to leases and residential dwelling lessees' right to notification of foreclosure action. (8/1/13) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to liens under Private Works Act. (8/1/13)
Provides relative to appeals of certain administrative adjudication hearings in Jefferson Parish
Provides relative to the Private Works Act
Adds coercion of a female child to undergo an abortion as a defined form of child abuse
Provides for an automobile allowance for the clerk of court of certain parishes (EN +$194,900 LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to class actions
Provides relative to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Provides relative to examinations of a suspected child abuse victim. (8/1/13) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides with respect to immunity from liability for volunteer firemen
Provides criteria for prospective adoptive parents
Provides for an increase in certain fees for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides for the functions of the jury commission in St. Charles Parish
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to perform a comprehensive study of Louisiana bail laws and procedures and to make recommendations as necessary for modernization of bail practices.
Provides for the abolishment and creation of judgeships in certain judicial districts (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Authorizes an increase in court costs for the Opelousas City Court
Provides for stays during appeals of certain decisions of the Department of Environmental Quality
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of creating a central database for testaments
Provides relative to extending liberative prescriptive periods
Provides for intercountry adoptions
Provides for the "Louisiana Has Faith in Families" Act. (gov sig) (REF NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Increases the jurisdictional amount in dispute in the City Court of Shreveport
Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
Provides relative to the ability of the Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board to invest certain funds
Requests the La. State Law Institute to review child support guidelines and laws regarding custody and visitation relative to children with developmental disabilities
Allows certain certified records to be used as evidence
Provides for the elimination of two judgeships from the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court (RE DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Requests Louisiana State Law Institute study definitions and procedures concerning civil final judgments.
Provides relative to civil injunctions and restraining orders (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study feasibility of authorizing tax lien sales as a replacement or alternative to tax sale certificates.
Provides relative to expedited jury trials
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of requiring the consent of both parents of a child to track that child by GPS.
Enacts the Louisiana Has Faith in Families Act. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to certain lien and escrow account procedures for certain construction contracts. (8/1/13)