HB 193 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

CIVIL/ACTIONS: Provides relative to lawsuit procedures for incarcerated individuals

HB 193 is a technical amendment to clarify specific legal terminology in a bill about lawsuit procedures for incarcerated individuals. It changes the word "dilatory" to "peremptory" on page 2, line 1, and updates a reference number from "926" to "927" on page 2, line 2. These edits correct wording and a numerical reference within the bill text itself. The bill does not change legal procedures for incarcerated people but ensures the bill's language is precise. It has advanced to third reading after committee approval.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action May 21, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB193 Reengrossed → HB193 Engrossed · 2 edits · May 19, 2025

MINOR

The bill changed the legal mechanism for dismissing prisoner lawsuits who have not finished internal prison appeals. Instead of allowing the dismissal to be raised as a 'dilatory exception' (which delays the case), the bill now requires it to be raised as a 'peremptory exception' (which immediately ends the case). This change speeds up the judicial process for these specific suits.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's effect on prisoner lawsuits remains the same, but the procedural outcome for non-compliant plaintiffs has shifted from a delay to an immediate dismissal.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the type of legal exception used to dismiss prisoner suits for failing to exhaust administrative remedies from 'dilatory' to 'peremptory', meaning the dismissal will now be immediate rather than delaying the trial.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a reference to the Code of Civil Procedure article number from 926 to 927, which governs peremptory exceptions.

Floor votes · House May 19, 2025

How they voted

68–24

Passed · 10 other

Total votes 102

May 19, 2025

D Democratic31

3 Yea 23 Nay 5

74% Nay

R Republican71

65 Yea 1 Nay 5

91% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (7-2).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors