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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana appropriates $17,000 to pay consent judgment in Flowers lawsuit
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.Sponsor: Christopher Turner
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana sets aside $17,000 from the State General Fund for 2025-2026 to pay a in the lawsuit involving Anna and Brent Flowers against the Department of Transportation and Development.
Allocates state funds to fulfill a specific court-ordered settlement from the Eleventh Judicial District in Sabine Parish.
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.
Anna Flowers and Brent Flowers
They are slated to receive the $17,000 payment to satisfy the consent judgment from their lawsuit.
Department of Transportation and Development
The department is named as a party in the lawsuit against the state.
Key Facts
- Appropriates the sum of $17,000 from the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
- Funds are designated for payment of a consent judgment in the suit Anna Flowers & Brent Flowers versus State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation & Development et als.
- The lawsuit bears number 63,977 on the docket of the Eleventh Judicial District in Sabine Parish.
- The consent judgment was signed on April 1, 2016.
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- Payment covers principal, interest, court costs, and expert witness fees as awarded in the judgment.
- If the provisions of the judgment conflict with this Act, the judgment provisions are controlling.
- Payment requires the presentation of required documentation to the state treasurer.
- The judgment is deemed paid on the effective date of the Act, and interest ceases to run as of that date.
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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 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
- Buzz5Current news / social attention level
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