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Louisiana 2026

SB 197

COURTS: Reduces number of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. (2/3-CA5s9) (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 13:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-02-26 00:00:00

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 746.

    became-law, executive-signature

  2. Effective date 6/1/2026.

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    executive-receipt

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    enrolled

  6. Called from the calendar.

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 30. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    passage

  8. Received from the House without amendments.

    receipt

  9. Called from the calendar.

  10. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  11. Notice given.

  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.

  13. Called from the calendar.

  14. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  15. Notice given.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2026.

  17. Called from the calendar.

  18. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  19. Notice given.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

  21. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  22. Notice given.

  23. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.

  24. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.

  25. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    reading-3

  26. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  27. Reported favorably (11-4-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    referral-committee

  29. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  30. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    passage

  31. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  32. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    referral-committee

  34. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    filing, referral-committee

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