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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 97 Appropriates $450,000 to Pay State Consent Judgment
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.Sponsor: Mike Bayham
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 97 appropriates $450,000 from the for 2025-2026 to pay a in a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation and Development, plus up to $150,000 from the Future Medical Care Fund.
The measure allocates state funds to settle a specific legal judgment and stops the accrual of interest on the settlement as of the act's effective date.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Bentz C. Braud, IV
Receives funds from the State General Fund and Future Medical Care Fund pursuant to the consent judgment.
Department of Transportation and Development
Named defendant in the lawsuit whose consent judgment is being satisfied by the state appropriation.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
- Feb 9, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 9, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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