LA HB 263
enactedCOURTS: Provides with respect to the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court and authority relative to specialty court programs
Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did LA HB 263 pass?
Yes. LA HB 263 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-23. Latest recorded action (2026-02-23): Prefiled.
What is LA HB 263 about?
LA HB 263 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “COURTS: Provides with respect to the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court and authority relative to specialty court programs”.
Who sponsors LA HB 263?
Les Farnum is the primary sponsor of LA HB 263.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-02-23 — Prefiled.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Les Farnumprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-05-22
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-22
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 295.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-05-19
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-05-18
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-18
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-18
Received from the Senate without amendments.
receipt
2026-05-13
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-07
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-06
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-05
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-21
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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2026-04-20
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-04-15
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-14
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-13
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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2026-04-09
Reported favorably (13-0).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-23
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
referral-committee
2026-02-23
Prefiled.
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
FINAL PASSAGE (#526)
2026-04-15 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Adams: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Mena: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Miller: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Moore: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Murray: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Galle: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Newell: yes
- Billings: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Green: yes
- Owen: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Brass: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Braud: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Illg: yes
- Spell: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Jackson: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Butler: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Knox: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Turner: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Crews: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Walters: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Wright: yes
- Echols: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Young: yes
- Egan: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Farnum: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Firment: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bayham: other
- Carter, R.: other
- Johnson, M.: other
- Berault: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Jordan: other
- Carrier: other
- Carver: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#877)
2026-05-13 · pass · 32-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Myers: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Foil: yes
- Owen: yes
- Allain: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Price: yes
- Bass: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Reese: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miller: yes
- Womack: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Morris: yes
- Barrow: other
- Hensgens: other
- Selders: other
- Carter: other
- McMath: other
- Harris: other
- Mizell: other
Related bills
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