All Courts Legislation - Louisiana
SCR114
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Signed by the Speaker of the House. Bill Text Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to establish a special committee to study the feasibility of creating family courts or domestic relations sections in certain judicial districts. Comment on Bill HCR144
Latest Action: 05/20/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Bill Text Requests the division of administration, office of facility planning and control, to conduct a study to examine the options for the construction of a new courthouse for the Third Circuit Court of Appeal (OR +$200,000 GF EX See Note) HCR104
Latest Action: 06/09/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Bill Text Requests that the office of the judicial administrator study whether there is a shortage of available certified court reporters in the rural parishes of the state and make recommendations for solutions HCR103
Latest Action: 06/09/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Bill Text Requests the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana to study whether the 11th JDC, comprised of Sabine Parish, needs an additional judgeship HB1377
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Provides that a certain portion of court costs may be allocated to the La. Assn. of Chiefs of Police for law enforcement education and training HB1277
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Provides that the increased costs for recordings and filings in the 19th JDC shall not apply to successions HB1267
Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Authorizes an increase in compensation for the marshal of the City Court of Rayne HB1257
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Provides that before the legislature enacts bills changing the elections sections and precincts of a court, the proposed changes be submitted to the Judicial Council for their recommendation HB1239
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. HR124
Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Bill Text Requests the Judicial Council and the Judicial Administrator's Office of the supreme court to study certain aspects and procedures of the 19th JDC and the feasibility of creating a parishwide court in EBR HSR11
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Approved on 6/16/08. Bill Text Requests the House Judiciary Committee to study the geographic options of construction of the new courthouse for the Third Circuit Court of Appeal HCR97
Latest Action: 06/09/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Bill Text Urges and requests the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans to establish a reentry court HCR50
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Signed by the President of the Senate. Bill Text Urges the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans to consider establishing mental health divisions SB625
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Effective date: See Act. Bill Text Provides relative to district court judges and magistrates in Orleans Parish. (gov sig) SB624
Latest Action: 07/08/2008 - Effective date 1/1/09. Bill Text Requires a separate environmental docket for the civil district court for the Forty-First Judicial District and provides for enforcement of health, safety, and welfare ordinances in Orleans Parish. (1/01/09) SB613
Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08. Bill Text Provides relative to the district courts in the parish of Orleans. (8/15/08) HB898
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Read by title, returned to the calendar. HB891
Latest Action: 07/11/2008 - Effective date: July 11, 2008. Bill Text Provides relative to appeal and review procedures for state procurement of professional, personal, consulting, and social services (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) HB879
Latest Action: 06/21/2008 - Effective date: June 21, 2008. SB277
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Read by title, returned to the calendar. Bill Text Provides relative to recusal of judges. (gov sig) HB659
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Changes the domicile of the Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit to Lafayette HB639
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Provides relative to the consolidation of the court officers of the parish of Orleans (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF) SB166
Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - Effective date 7/9/08. Bill Text Provides that judges elected in 2009, and elected and appointed magistrates, for the 41st Judicial District Court shall automatically revert to judges and magistrates of the civil and criminal courts of Orleans Parish should the legislation creating the 41st JDC be held unconstitutional. (gov sig) SB117
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date 6/30/08. Bill Text Provides for the collection and deposit of bench warrant fees and probation fees in the Parish Court for the parish of Ascension. (gov sig) SB107
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08. Bill Text Provides for appointment and payment of compensation for certified court reporters in the Thirty-First Judicial District. (8/15/08) SB101
Latest Action: 06/05/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08. Bill Text Provides for the transfer of surplus funds from the City Court of Jennings' civil fee account to the court's general operational fund. (8/15/08) HB538
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call HB530
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Effective date: July 1, 2008. Bill Text Provides for the term of office for a judge with the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in case of vacancy SB323
Latest Action: 06/30/2005 - Effective date 8/15/2005. Bill Text Provide for changes to judicial district indigent defender boards and the Indigent Defense Assistance Board. (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) Latest Action: 04/14/2005 - Withdrawn from the files of the Senate prior to introduction.@6:16 pm Bill Text Constitutional amendment to require that the appellate jurisdiction of a court of appeal shall extend only to questions of law. (2/3 - 13s1) SB115
Latest Action: 06/21/2005 - Effective date 8/15/2005. Bill Text Provides for the imposition of fees in the City Court of Port Allen to fund indigent defense. (EN +$39,000 LF RV See Note) Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title and referred to the committee on Finance. Bill Text Increases authorization for imposition of court costs on a criminal defendant who is convicted, who pleads guilty, or who forfeits bond in the 31st and 38th Judicial District Courts from $5 to $15. (OR +$138,000 LF RV See Note) SB75
Latest Action: 06/21/2005 - Effective date 8/15/2005. Bill Text Increases the jurisdictional amount of the City Court of Springhill to $35,000. SB38
Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title and referred to the committee on Finance. Bill Text Increases from $15 to $30 the amount of a fee generally required to be assessed by city court judges to be placed in a special account under the control of the office of marshal or constable of the court. (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note) HSR1
Latest Action: 05/09/2005 - Approved on 5/9/05. Bill Text Requests study of security measures and procedures in the court system of the state Latest Action: 05/12/2005 - Involuntarily deferred in committee. Bill Text Requests United States senators from Louisiana to move quickly to confirm all nominations by President George W. Bush to the United States Supreme Court HCR7
Latest Action: 06/01/2005 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Bill Text Requests the Judicial Council of the Louisiana Supreme Court to study the feasibility of dividing the 11th JDC into two separate district courts for DeSoto and Sabine parishes Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Repeals the authority of the commissioners having criminal jurisdiction in the 24th JDC (Jefferson Parish) to accept pleas on misdemeanor charges and to have contempt of court powers HB508
Latest Action: 04/15/2005 - Withdrawn prior to introduction [9:35 a.m.] HB306
Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Provides for the imposition of fees in the City Court of Port Allen to fund indigent defense (OR +$39,000 LF RV See Note) HB295
Latest Action: 06/29/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Provides for court reporter fees in the 39th JDC (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note) HB258
Latest Action: 06/28/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Provides for civil commitment jurisdiction of the Orleans Parish Criminal Court HB172
Latest Action: 06/16/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Increases the jurisdictional amount in dispute in civil matters, matters concerning ownership or possession of movable property, and in certain eviction proceedings HB168
Latest Action: 05/26/2005 - Read second time by title and referred to committee on Finance. Bill Text Assesses criminal fees for the operation of the Lengthy Trial Fund (EG +$218,000 LF RV See Note) HB166
Latest Action: 06/28/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Provides that the election districts for the justice of the peace courts in West Carroll Parish shall coincide with parish police jury districts HB161
Latest Action: 06/29/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Provides for court reporter fees in the Eleventh Judicial District Court (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) HB151
Latest Action: 06/29/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Changes fees for court reporters in the 32nd JDC (EN +$4,300 LF RV See Note) Latest Action: 06/30/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Provides with respect to jurisdictional limits for the City Court of Slidell Latest Action: 05/12/2005 - Involuntarily deferred in committee. Bill Text Provides for the transfer of surplus funds or unclaimed fees for the City Court of Slidell HB107
Latest Action: 06/06/2005 - Read second time by title and referred to committee on Finance. Bill Text Increases court costs for the mayor's court in the town of Erath (EG INCREASE LF RV See Note) HB83
Latest Action: 06/09/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. Bill Text Authorizes the marshal of the city court of Lake Charles to use a portion of his salary collected through civil fees to pay salaries of deputy marshals (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) HB77
Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Increases the fees the First and Second Parish Courts of Jefferson Parish may charge as a security service fee (OR +$262,900 LF RV See Note) Latest Action: 06/28/2005 - Effective date 8/15/05. SCR5
Latest Action: 02/22/2008 - Read by title, returned to the calendar. Bill Text Urges and requests the Louisiana Supreme Court to adopt the same financial disclosure standards for judges that are applicable to other elected officials in the Code of Governmental Ethics. SR6
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - Enrolled, signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State on 2/27. Bill Text Urges and requests the Louisiana Supreme Court to adopt the same financial disclosure standards for judges applicable to elected officials in the Code of Governmental Ethics. HCR11
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Received in the Senate; rules suspended; read first time by title, lies over under the rules. Bill Text Urges and requests the Judicial Council of the Louisiana Supreme Court to perform an expedited study of the feasibility of merging the 25th JDC into the 24th JDC SB55
Latest Action: 06/05/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08. Bill Text Increases the jurisdictional limit for civil suit filing in the City Court of Jennings to $30,000. (8/15/08) SB46
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. Bill Text Requires that Law Institute shall create a Family Court Committee to study the need for family courts. (8/15/08) HB441
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. HB319
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Read by title, withdrawn from the files of the House. HB310
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Authorizes the judges in the 16th JDC (Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary parishes) to pay witness fees for off-duty law enforcement from certain excess funds HB298
Latest Action: 06/13/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Authorizes City Court of Winnsboro to transfer surplus or unclaimed funds to the court's operational fund HB288
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. Bill Text Requires the nonprevailing party to pay court costs if the suit or the defense to the suit is frivolous HB249
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Bill Text Requires state funding of expenses associated with the consolidation of certain courts and officers in Orleans Parish (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) HB160
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee. Bill Text Exempts official court reporters of the 28th JDC from certification requirements HB144
Latest Action: 06/13/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. HB143
Latest Action: 06/13/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Provides for the civil jurisdictional amount in the City Court of Slidell, small claims division HB138
Latest Action: 06/21/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Provides with respect to the jurisdiction in which justice of the peace constables can effectuate service of process HB132
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Bill Text Indemnifies justices of the peace and constables against certain claims (OR +$1,200,000 SG EX See Note) HB130
Latest Action: 06/05/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Authorizes the 4th JDC to provide that one division of the court shall be a mental health court HB116
Latest Action: 06/05/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Authorizes the 4th JDC to provide that one division of the court shall be a DUI court HB79
Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - HB79: Becomes Act No. 882 without the Governor's signature. Bill Text Provides for court interpreters for non-English-speaking persons who appear in court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) HB69
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Requires a court to submit its request to the Judicial Council for review and recommendation when a court is requesting splitting of a court or the merging of a court HB37
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Bill Text Exempts official court reporters of the 27th JDC from certification requirements HB27
Latest Action: 06/13/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. Bill Text Authorizes the appointment of a court magistrate for the mayor's court in the town of Evergreen HB16
Latest Action: 06/09/2008 - Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance. Bill Text Increases the civil jurisdictional limitations of the city courts of Baker, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Zachary (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) HB17
Latest Action: 07/03/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008. HB15
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. HB13
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. HB12
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Effective date: July 1, 2008. HB10
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Effective date: July 1, 2008. Bill Text Establishes the Mayor's Court of the City of Central (EN +$6,000 LF RV See Note) |
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