HB 243 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Provides relative to the appointment of a substitute for a recused district attorney

HB 243 addresses the process when a district attorney must step aside (recuse) from a case. It requires the trial judge to either appoint a qualified substitute attorney or notify the state attorney general, who must then appoint a staff member or another district attorney to replace the recused official. The appointed substitute gains all the legal authority of the original district attorney for that specific case. This bill streamlines the replacement process without changing substantive law.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Signed Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB243 Original → HB243 Act 630 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill converts a draft proposal into an official enacted law by adding approval signatures from the Speaker, Senate President, and Governor. It removes the original bill's metadata, including the legislative services digest and page numbering, while retaining the core text regarding district attorney recusal procedures.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding district attorney recusal remains unchanged; the only changes are administrative formatting and the addition of executive approval signatures.

TECHNICAL

Added approval signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor to finalize the bill as Act No. 630.

Removed the original bill header, legislative digest, and page numbering to reflect the final enrolled version.

Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2026 · House Apr 29, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

May 27, 2026

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 25, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (16-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors