HB215 • 2026

SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to small successions

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Robert Carter
Last action: 2026-05-22
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 293
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Rules for Small Successions

This act changes the definition of a small succession to include people who leave behind property worth up to $200,000 or less at the time of their death.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law about what counts as a 'small succession'.
Raises the limit for property value in a small succession from $125,000 to $200,000.

Who It Names or Affects

People who leave behind property worth up to $200,000 or less at the time of death.
Lawyers and courts dealing with small successions.

Terms To Know

Succession: The process of handling a person's property after they die.
Domiciled in Louisiana: Living and having legal residence in the state of Louisiana.

Limits and Unknowns

This act only affects people who live in Louisiana.
The new rules will start on August 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-05-22 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-22 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 293.
2026-05-19 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-18 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-18 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-18 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-13 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-07 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-06 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-05 S
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
2026-03-31 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
2026-03-30 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-26 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-25 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
2026-03-24 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-23 H
Reported favorably (7-0-1).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2026-02-20 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-19 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2026-02-19 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

SUCCESSIONS: Provides relative to small successions

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 2932026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 215
BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBBY CARTER, KNOX, AND TAYLOR
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 3421(1), relative to small
3 successions; to increase the threshold for property values relative to small
4 successions; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 3421(1) is hereby amended and reenacted
7 to read as follows:
8 Art. 3421. Small successions defined
9 A small succession, within the meaning of this Title, is any of the following:
10 (1) The succession of a person who died domiciled in Louisiana and who died
11 leaving property with a gross value of one hundred twenty-five two hundred
12 thousand dollars or less valued as of the date of death.
13 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.