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HB1031 • 2026

SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to succession proceedings

SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to succession proceedings

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sylvia Taylor
Last action
2026-03-31
Official status
Pending House Civil Law and Procedure
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to succession proceedings

SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to succession proceedings

What This Bill Does

  • SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to succession proceedings

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  2. 2026-03-30 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to succession proceedings

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-2463 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1031
BY REPRESENTATIVE TAYLOR
SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to succession proceedings
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Section 4 of Act 30 of the 2025 Regular Session, relative to effective
3 dates; to provide relative to retroactive application; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Section 4 of Act 30 of the 2025 Regular Session is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Section 4. The provisions of this Act shall apply both prospectively and
9 retroactively and shall be applied to all claims existing and pending on the effective
10 date of this Act and all claims arising or actions filed on and after the effective date
11 of this Act. The provisions of this Act shall not be applied to revive claims
12 prescribed as of the effective date of this Act or to affect claims adjudicated on the
13 merits by a final and definitive judgment prior to the effective date of this Act.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1031 Original 2026 Regular Session Taylor
Abstract: Provides relative to the application of Act 30 of the 2025 Regular Session.
Present law (Act No. 30 of the 2025 R.S., §4) provides that present law applies both
prospectively and retroactively to all claims existing and pending on the effective date of
present law.
Proposed law changes present law and provides that present law applies only prospectively.
(Amends Act No. 30 of the 2025 R.S., §4)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.