Senate Committee on Judiciary A
April 30, 2024
9:00 A.M.
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned		 
* Agenda Revised April 29, 2024, 11:09 am *
Revision Notes: REMOVED SB267

 		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 April 25, 2024

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SB84SEABAUGHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for motion for judgment on offer of judgment. (8/1/24)
 SB130BASSCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for limitation upon jury trials. (8/1/24)
 SB244TALBOTEVIDENCE - Provides for admissibility of evidence for payment of medical expenses or losses from personal injury or property damage. (8/1/24)
 SB246LUNEAUCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor. (6/14/24)
 SB334TALBOTPRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods for delictual actions. (8/1/24)
 SB459SEABAUGHMINERALS - Provides relative to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration. (8/1/24)
 HCR23EMERSONHONORARY DESIGNATIONS - Designates the city of Carencro as the Seasoning Capital of the World
 HB23MELERINEPRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to the prescription of actions for violation of building restrictions
 HB24MELERINEEVIDENCE - Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims
 HB236MCMAKINCHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB315MIKE JOHNSONPRESCRIPTION - Extends prescription on tort actions
 HB336CHENEVERTCONTRACTS - Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure Act
 HB423MELERINECIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides for payment of recoverable medical expenses from collateral sources
 HB433ZERINGUEJUDGES - Provides with respect to annual financial reports on state and local court funding and expenses
 HB464MIKE JOHNSONCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to certain witness fees
 HB552BRAUDCOURTS - Authorizes the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court to hold certain sessions of court west of the Mississippi River
 HB784SCHAMERHORNLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to liability for damages caused by livestock
 HB785SCHAMERHORNLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to liability for commercial motor vehicles
 HB842WILEYLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to civil liability protection for local governments concerning events on the Mississippi River levee

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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