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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires St. Tammany Parish to transfer court surplus funds to the 22nd Judicial District Court
Last action · May 29, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Stephanie Berault
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What This Bill Does
St. Tammany Parish must transfer any remaining surplus money from its off-duty law enforcement witness fee fund at the end of each calendar year into the of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, effective August 1, 2026.
Directs how unspent public safety funds are reallocated locally, changing the revenue stream available to the district court's criminal fund.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
St. Tammany Parish
The parish governing authority is required to calculate and transfer year-end surplus funds to the district court.
Twenty-Second Judicial District Court
The court receives additional annual revenue from the transferred surplus monies for its criminal court fund.
off-duty law enforcement officers
Their witness fees continue to be paid out of the special fund first, and obligated payments are protected from being swept as surplus.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 29, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 435.
- May 29, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 25, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 22, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 21, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
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- May 20, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 13, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 12, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (12-0).
- 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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