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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana extends the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court to July 2028
Last action · June 8, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Vanessa Caston LaFleur
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana extends the Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court until July 31, 2028, replacing a prior two-year .
Extends court operations for complex civil litigation in East Baton Rouge Parish for litigants and attorneys, altering the prior expiration timeline without altering fee amounts or court structure.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Nineteenth Judicial District Court
The court's Complex Litigation Section Program is authorized to continue operating until the newly established termination date.
Litigants and Attorneys
Parties participating in complex litigation in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court retain access to the specialized program through July 2028.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
25 actions- Jun 8, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 813.
- Jun 8, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 31, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 27, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26, 2026SenateRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- May 26, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 18, 2026SenateRules suspended.
- May 18, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 7, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 6, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 5, 2026SenateCommitteeRules suspended. Reported favorably.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (16-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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