LA SB 256

enacted

COURTS: Provides for a clerk of court in Orleans Parish. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did LA SB 256 pass?

Yes. LA SB 256 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-05): Signed by the Speaker of the House.

What is LA SB 256 about?

LA SB 256 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “COURTS: Provides for a clerk of court in Orleans Parish. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)”.

Who sponsors LA SB 256?

Jay Morris is the primary sponsor of LA SB 256.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-05-05 — Signed by the Speaker of the House.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-05
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-04
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 4/30/2026.
enrolled
2026-05-04
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 4/30/2026.
executive-receipt
2026-04-30
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 15.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-04-30
Effective date 4/30/2026.
2026-04-29
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
2026-04-29
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 25 yeas and 11 nays.
2026-04-28
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-04-27
Received from the House with amendments.
receipt
2026-04-23
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-22
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-04-22
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2026.
2026-04-21
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-04-20
Reported favorably (8-5-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-14
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
referral-committee
2026-04-13
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-04-08
Called from the Calendar.
2026-04-08
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 11 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-04-07
Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
2026-04-07
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-04-01
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-03-31
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
referral-committee
2026-02-26
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
filing,referral-committee

Versions

Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1602, Miller, G., AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #1741, Duplessis, WithdrawnCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #1760, Morris, Jay, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1852, Morris, Jay, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #1863, Duplessis, RejectedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #1866, Duplessis, RejectedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #4162, McMakin, AdoptedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #4414, Green, RejectedCompare
SB256 OriginalCompare
SB256 EngrossedCompare
SB256 ReengrossedCompare
SB256 EnrolledCompare
SB256 ActCompare
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Documents

Votes

AMENDMENT # 1866 BY DUPLESSIS, SB 256 BY MORRIS (#287)
2026-04-08 · fail · 11-23
Member-level votes (39)
- Barthelemy: yes
- Harris: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Price: yes
- Carter: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Selders: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Mr. President: no
- Foil: no
- Pressly: no
- Abraham: no
- Hensgens: no
- Reese: no
- Allain: no
- Kleinpeter: no
- Seabaugh: no
- Bass: no
- Miller: no
- Stine: no
- Cathey: no
- Mizell: no
- Talbot: no
- Connick: no
- Morris: no
- Wheat: no
- Edmonds: no
- Myers: no
- Womack: no
- Fesi: no
- Owen: no
- Barrow: other
- Hodges: other
- Miguez: other
- Cloud: other
- McMath: other
AMENDMENT # 1863 BY DUPLESSIS, SB 256 BY MORRIS (#288)
2026-04-08 · fail · 12-24
Member-level votes (39)
- Barrow: yes
- Connick: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Harris: yes
- Price: yes
- Carter: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Selders: yes
- Mr. President: no
- Hensgens: no
- Owen: no
- Abraham: no
- Hodges: no
- Pressly: no
- Allain: no
- Kleinpeter: no
- Reese: no
- Bass: no
- Lambert: no
- Seabaugh: no
- Cathey: no
- Miller: no
- Stine: no
- Edmonds: no
- Mizell: no
- Talbot: no
- Fesi: no
- Morris: no
- Wheat: no
- Foil: no
- Myers: no
- Womack: no
- Cloud: other
- McMath: other
- Miguez: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#289)
2026-04-08 · pass · 25-11
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Reese: yes
- Allain: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Bass: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Miller: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Connick: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Morris: yes
- Womack: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Myers: yes
- Foil: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barrow: no
- Duplessis: no
- Luneau: no
- Barthelemy: no
- Harris: no
- Price: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Selders: no
- Carter: no
- Jenkins: no
- Cloud: other
- McMath: other
- Miguez: other
AMENDMENT # 4414 BY GREEN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#705)
2026-04-23 · fail · 31-63
Member-level votes (105)
- Adams: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Mena: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Miller: yes
- Brass: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Moore: yes
- Braud: yes
- Knox: yes
- Murray: yes
- Bryant: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Newell: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Carter, W.: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Chassion: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Walters: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Young: yes
- Green: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mr. Speaker: no
- Dickerson: no
- McMakin: no
- Amedee: no
- Domangue: no
- Melerine: no
- Bacala: no
- Echols: no
- Muscarello: no
- Bagley: no
- Egan: no
- Orgeron: no
- Bamburg: no
- Farnum: no
- Owen: no
- Bayham: no
- Firment: no
- Riser: no
- Berault: no
- Fontenot: no
- Sawyer: no
- Billings: no
- Gadberry: no
- Schamerhorn: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Galle: no
- Schlegel: no
- Bourriaque: no
- Geymann: no
- Spell: no
- Boyer: no
- Glorioso: no
- St. Blanc: no
- Broussard: no
- Hebert: no
- Tarver: no
- Butler: no
- Henry, C.: no
- Thomas: no
- Carlson: no
- Horton: no
- Turner: no
- Carrier: no
- Illg: no
- Ventrella: no
- Carver: no
- Johnson, M.: no
- Villio: no
- Chenevert: no
- Kerner: no
- Wilder: no
- Coates: no
- LaCombe: no
- Wiley: no
- Cox: no
- Mack: no
- Wright: no
- Crews: no
- McFarland: no
- Wyble: no
- Dewitt: no
- McMahen: no
- Zeringue: no
- Beaullieu: other
- Freeman: other
- McCormick: other
- Carter, R.: other
- Freiberg: other
- Stagni: other
- Deshotel: other
- Hilferty: other
- Thompson: other
- Edmonston: other
- Landry, J.: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#708)
2026-04-23 · pass · 63-28
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Adams: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Echols: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Egan: yes
- Owen: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Riser: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Firment: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Berault: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Galle: yes
- Spell: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Geymann: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Butler: yes
- Horton: yes
- Turner: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Illg: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Carver: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Coates: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wright: yes
- Cox: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Crews: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Boyd: no
- Jackson: no
- Mena: no
- Brass: no
- Jordan: no
- Miller: no
- Braud: no
- Knox: no
- Moore: no
- Bryant: no
- LaFleur: no
- Murray: no
- Carpenter: no
- Landry, M.: no
- Newell: no
- Carter, W.: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Phelps: no
- Chassion: no
- Larvadain: no
- Taylor: no
- Fisher: no
- Lyons: no
- Young: no
- Green: no
- Marcelle: no
- Henry, D.: no
- Martinez: no
- Beaullieu: other
- Freiberg: other
- McCormick: other
- Carter, R.: other
- Glorioso: other
- Stagni: other
- Deshotel: other
- Hilferty: other
- Thompson: other
- Edmonston: other
- Johnson, T.: other
- Walters: other
- Freeman: other
- Landry, J.: other
CONCUR (#506)
2026-04-29 · pass · 25-11
Member-level votes (39)
- Allain: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Bass: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Reese: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Stine: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miller: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Morris: yes
- Womack: yes
- Foil: yes
- Myers: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barrow: no
- Duplessis: no
- Luneau: no
- Barthelemy: no
- Harris: no
- Price: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Selders: no
- Carter: no
- Jenkins: no
- Mr. President: other
- Abraham: other
- McMath: other

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