SSHB1043 4747 5619 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 1043 2026 Regular Session Green COURTS: Provides relative to the civil jurisdictional amounts for the First and Second Parish Courts Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
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HB1043: Updates Dollar Limits for First and Second Parish Courts
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In one sentence
This law changes the maximum amount of money or property value that can be disputed in civil cases at the First and Second Parish Courts to fifty thousand dollars.
What it does
- Sets the civil jurisdictional limit for the First and Second Parish Courts at fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees.
- Requires cases where a counterclaim or related demand exceeds fifty thousand dollars (excluding interest, costs, and attorney fees) to be moved to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court.
Who it affects
- The First Parish Court
- The Second Parish Court
- People filing civil lawsuits involving money or property disputes in these courts
Limits and unknowns
- This law becomes effective on June 19, 2026.
- The text only changes rules for the First and Second Parish Courts; it does not mention other parishes or court types.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Civil jurisdictional amount
- The maximum dollar value of a dispute that this specific court is allowed to handle.
- Reconventional demand
- A counterclaim or related legal request filed by the defendant against the plaintiff in the same case.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
COURTS: Provides relative to the civil jurisdictional amounts for the First and Second Parish Courts
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 06/19/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 935 without the Governor's signature.H
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
- Signed by the President of the Senate.S
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
- Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.S
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.S
- Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.H
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.H
- Reported with amendments (6-0-1).H
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.H
- Read by title. Lies over under the rules.H
Changes
Amendments
8 stored
This amendment removes specific text about fees and a legal code reference from two different sections of the bill.
This amendment updates the laws for Jefferson Parish's First and Second Parish Courts to change their maximum civil case limit to $35,000.
This amendment updates the laws for Jefferson Parish's First and Second Courts to change their maximum civil case limit to $35,000.
This amendment records that the House voted to agree with changes made by the Senate to a bill about court money limits.
This amendment changes a dollar limit for parish courts from thirty-five to fifty and adds rules about when the new law starts.
This amendment changes the dollar amount limit for certain court cases from thirty-five dollars to fifty dollars.
This amendment changes the dollar amount limit for certain court cases from thirty-five dollars to fifty dollars.