This amendment changes the rules so that a request for admission in court is only considered admitted after a judge orders it following a required meeting between lawyers.
Louisiana2026Enacted
HB226
Changes to Rules for Requests for Admissions
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This new Louisiana law requires a Rule 10.1 Conference before a court can order that an unanswered request for admission is automatically true, except in default judgment cases.
What it does
- Amends Code of Civil Procedure Article 1467(A) regarding how parties must answer requests for admissions.
- Creates new Code of Civil Procedure Article 1467(C).
- Requires a Rule 10.1 Conference to be held before the court orders that an unanswered request is deemed admitted.
Who it affects
- Parties involved in civil cases where one side asks the other to admit facts.
- District Courts, Juvenile Courts, and Family Law Proceedings in Louisiana.
Limits and unknowns
- This requirement does not apply if the case involves a default judgment.
- The specific details of what happens during the Rule 10.1 Conference are found in other existing rules under Title II of the Rules for Civil Proceedings.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Request for admission
- A formal question sent by one party asking another to agree that a specific fact is true or explain why they cannot admit it.
- Deemed admitted
- When the court treats an unanswered request as if the other side agreed it was true because they did not reply in time.
- Rule 10.1 Conference
- A meeting required by district court rules that must happen before a judge can rule on certain matters, including requests for admissions.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to requests for admissions
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 942 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 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
- Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Called from the Calendar.S
- Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.S
- Rules suspended.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Rules suspended. Reported favorably.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.S
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. 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 89, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.H
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.H
Changes
Amendments
5 stored
This amendment changes the rule so that requests for admissions do not apply when a court issues a default judgment.
This amendment changes the name of a required court meeting to match specific district court rules.
This amendment records that the House voted to agree with changes made by the Senate to HB 226, a bill about requests for admissions in civil court cases.
This amendment changes the rule so a request for admissions can only happen if a judge specifically says it is allowed.