Agenda - Judiciary

House Committee on Judiciary
April 9, 2026 9:00 a.m. Room 1
Scheduled

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HB29	BACALA	CLERKS OF COURT - Provides for the creation of the Ascension Parish retired employee insurance fund
	HB39	FIRMENT	LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Requires peace officers to be citizens of the United States
	HB77	TURNER	CLERKS OF COURT - Provides for the payment of certain insurance premiums for employees of the clerk of court in Lincoln Parish
	HB153	MANDIE LANDRY	COURTS/CRIMINAL - Provides with respect to the collection of criminal court fines and fees
	HB183	MCMAKIN	COURTS - Provides relative to the use of cellular devices in courts and courthouses
	HB211	VILLIO	COURTS - Provides relative to the creation, administration, and eligibility requirements of the Homelessness Court program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
	HB263	FARNUM	COURTS - Provides with respect to the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court and authority relative to specialty court programs
	HB299	MELERINE	COURTS - Provides relative to the filing of jury bonds by person, mail, or commercial courier
	HB324	VILLIO	JUDGES - Provides relative to judicial salaries (OR +$6,690,757 GF EX See Note)
	HB519	MIKE JOHNSON	COURTS - Provides relative to the appointment of a special master by a trial court
	HB520	WILFORD CARTER	CLERKS OF COURT - Requires the clerk of court to grant access to officers of the court information regarding sex offenses and violent crimes
	HB533	BERAULT	COURTS - Requires the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to transfer certain monies into the criminal court fund of the 22nd Judicial District Court
	HB538	FREIBERG	COURTS/JUVENILE - Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the Juvenile Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge
	HB559	FISHER	COURTS/COURT COSTS - Increases court costs for the Fourth Judicial District
	HB562	LAFLEUR	COURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to transcript fee provisions for the Nineteenth Judicial District Court
	HB805	ORGERON	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides for the standards of shipping containers for wines and distilled spirits
	HB823	KNOX	COURTS - Establishes a homeless diversion pilot program in Orleans Parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
	HB1004	BAYHAM	COURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE - Increases the jurisdictional threshold for justice of peace courts
	HB1011	FREIBERG	JURY DUTY - Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the formal program of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
	HB1018	JACKSON	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT - Provides relative to limitations on the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT

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