COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the 19th JDC
This bill amends Louisiana law to establish a specific judicial expense fund for the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. It requires individuals filing civil suits in this district to pay a fee set by the district's judges, which cannot exceed $15, while also allowing a $5 cost charge against convicted defendants in criminal cases. The collected funds are intended to support the operational expenses of the court, and the bill applies only to cases within the Nineteenth Judicial District.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 21, 2024
Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2024 · House Apr 29, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
May 14, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 8, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vanessa LaFleur
DDemocratic
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