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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana authorizes East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court to raise civil filing fees and control expense fund
Last action · June 23, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Barbara Reich Freiberg
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana enacts law allowing the Juvenile Court of East Baton Rouge Parish to collect increased civil filing fees up to forty-five dollars and additional criminal nonsupport costs up to ten dollars, effective August 1, 2026. The legislation transfers fund control and annual audit duties from the chief judge to the judges acting en banc, while expressly prohibiting the payment of judge salaries from this fund.
Litigants filing civil actions or facing criminal in the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court face higher court costs, while the court's collective judges gain direct authority to disburse those revenues for staff salaries, equipment, and court operations.
Who It Affects
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Civil litigants in East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court
Litigants filing actions or motions face increased court costs up to forty-five dollars, subject to civil procedure exemptions.
Defendants in criminal nonsupport cases
Defendants convicted or pleading guilty in criminal nonsupport proceedings face an additional cost up to ten dollars.
Court personnel and reporters
Court staff and reporters may receive salaries and compensation funded through the judicial expense fund.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law without the governor's signature.
Procedural history
27 actions- Jun 23, 2026HouseBecomes Act No. 928 without the Governor's signature.
- Jun 23, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 28, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 27, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 27, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 26, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 4. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
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- May 25, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
- May 20, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 19, 2026SenateIntroducedReconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 19, 2026SenateRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- May 19, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 18, 2026SenateRules suspended.
- May 18, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 17 yeas and 18 nays.
- May 18, 2026SenateNotice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
- 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.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 12. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was 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 (10-0).
- 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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Decentralization of Court Fund Control
Control of the judicial expense fund shifts from a single chief judge to the collective body of judges sitting en banc.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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