HB 708 Louisiana 2026 session

COURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Authorizes concurrent jurisdiction for justice of the peace and city courts in East Baton Rouge Parish

Status

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor vote
  4. Passed
  5. Enacted

Passed both chambers — last recorded action June 23, 2026

Becomes Act No. 950 without the Governor's signature.

Recorded votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1144)

27 yes · 8 no · pass May 21, 2026

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FINAL PASSAGE (#823)

70 yes · 22 no · pass April 29, 2026

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Passage likelihood

95% Higher than most bills at this stage

This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.

What the estimate is based on

  • Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
  • Current stage Passed both chambers.
  • Must-pass vehicle This is an appropriations or authorization bill that the chamber has historically acted on each session.

State-level impact

State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.

Official actions

  1. Becomes Act No. 950 without the Governor's signature.
  2. Effective date: 06/22/2026.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 7, Senate amendments concurred in.
  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.
  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  11. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  12. Reported favorably.
  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  15. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  16. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
  18. Reported with amendments (13-3-1).
  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
  20. Prefiled.
  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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