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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 604 Appropriates $10,833 to Pay State Consent Judgment
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.Sponsor: Daryl Adams
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 604 appropriates $10,833 from the State General Fund for 2025-2026 to pay a in the lawsuit Nepal et al. v. Tiger Pointe Owner, LLC et al. The measure specifies that interest on the judgment ceases to run on the effective date of the Act.
Allocates state taxpayer funds to satisfy a specific legal judgment entered against the state through the Department of Transportation and Development.
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.
Sulochana Dhungana Nepal
Receives payment of $10,833 from the state to satisfy the consent judgment.
Department of Transportation and Development
Named state entity involved in the consent judgment resolved by the appropriation.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $10,833.00 out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
- Funds are designated to pay the consent judgment in the suit captioned Nepal et al. v. Tiger Pointe Owner, LLC et al.
- The judgment bears number 699,332, Section 25 on the docket of the Nineteenth Judicial District, parish of East Baton Rouge.
- The judgment was signed on July 28, 2025, between the state of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development, and Sulochana Dhungana Nepal.
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- Interest on the judgment ceases to run as of the effective date of the Act.
- Payment is contingent upon the judgment being final and requires presentation of documentation to the state treasurer.
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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 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 Appropriations.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 15)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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