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

The official source does not provide specific details about how the act will impact court procedures, only that it amends and reenacts a section of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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'.
Increases the limit for property value in a small succession from $125,000 to $200,000.

Who It Names or Affects

People who leave behind less than $200,000 in property when they die.
Courts and legal professionals dealing with small successions.

Terms To Know

Succession: The process of distributing a person's assets after their death.
Domiciled in Louisiana: Living and having legal residence in the state of Louisiana at the time of death.

Limits and Unknowns

This act only affects people who leave behind property worth up to $200,000 or less.
The exact impact on court procedures is not detailed in this summary.

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
2026 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.