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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana bill gives 22nd Judicial District Attorney discretion over assistant salaries and office operating budget
Last action · April 21, 2026: Withdrawn from the files of the House.Sponsor: Kim Carver
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 641 authorizes the District Attorney for the to independently set salaries for assistant district attorneys and requires local parish governing authorities to annually budget sufficient funds for those salaries and general office operations.
Changes how local taxpayer funds are allocated for prosecution staff and office operations in St. Tammany and Washington parishes by shifting salary-setting authority directly to the district attorney.
- The Twenty-Second Judicial District in Louisiana covers St. Tammany and Washington parishes. context
- Assistant district attorneys in Louisiana receive a base salary from the state supplemented by local parish governing authorities or funds. context
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.
assistant district attorneys of the Twenty-Second Judicial District
governing authorities of the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District
They are required to annually budget sufficient funds to cover assistant district attorney salaries and the district attorney's office operating expenses.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who determines the salaries of assistant district attorneys in the Twenty-Second Judicial District under this bill?
Can parish governing authorities reduce the district attorney's operating budget at any time?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
6 actions- Apr 21, 2026HouseDischarged from the Committee on Judiciary.
- Apr 21, 2026HouseWithdrawn from the files of the House.
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
Version history
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Shift from Fixed Statutory Pay to Discretionary Budgeting
The bill transitions assistant district attorney compensation in the 22nd Judicial District from a fixed statutory amount ($8,000) funded jointly or via criminal court funds to discretionary allocation determined by the district attorney and funded through general parish budgets.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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