HB227 • 2026

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides that filings may be made on letter size rather than legal size paper

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Lauren Ventrella
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text specifies requirements related to removing private information, but these details were removed as they were not directly stated in the candidate explanation's context.

Court Filings Can Use Letter Size Paper

This bill allows court filings to be made on letter size paper instead of just legal size paper.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law so that people can file papers in court using letter size paper.

Who It Names or Affects

Lawyers who file papers in civil or criminal courts.
Courts that handle filings from lawyers.

Terms To Know

Electronic filing: Sending court documents through the internet instead of paper.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if someone files a document with private information included.
It is unclear how this change will affect the cost of filing documents in court.
This law only applies to filings made by attorneys and does not cover all types of legal paperwork.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

House Floor Amendment #4740 Ventrella Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB227 4872 4740 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Ventrella to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB227 4872 4740 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Ventrella to Engrossed House Bill No.
227 by Representative Ventrella 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, line 2, after "number," delete "full dates date of birth," 3 AMENDMENT NO.
2 4 On page 2, line 23, after "number," delete "full dates date" 5 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-05-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-21 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-20 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-19 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-05 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
2026-05-04 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-29 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-27 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
2026-04-27 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-23 H
Reported favorably (17-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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 Judiciary.
2026-02-19 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides that filings may be made on letter size rather than legal size paper

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 227
BY REPRESENTATIVE VENTRELLA
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 253(B)(2) and Code of Criminal
3 Procedure Article 14.1(B), relative to court filings; to permit filings on letter size
4 paper; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 253(B)(2) is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 253. Pleadings, documents, and exhibits to be filed with clerk
9 * * *
10 B.
11 * * *
12 (2) On and after January 1, 2026, all filings as provided in Paragraph A of
13 this Article and all other provisions of this Chapter filed by an attorney shall only be
14 filed in person in paper form or transmitted electronically in accordance with a
15 system established by a clerk of court or by Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access
16 Authority. Any pleading or document filed electronically or in paper form is
17 acceptable on legal or letter size paper. The filer shall be responsible for ensuring
18 that private information is not included in filings. No filing shall include the first
19 five digits of any social security number, tax identification numbers number, state
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HB NO. 227 ENROLLED
1 identification numbers number, driver's license numbers number, financial account
2 numbers number, full dates of birth, or any information protected from disclosure by
3 state or federal law. The clerk of court shall adopt a system for the electronic filing
4 and storage of any pleading, document, or exhibit filed with a pleading. A pleading
5 or document filed electronically is deemed filed on the date and time stated on the
6 confirmation of electronic filing sent from the system, if the clerk of court accepts
7 the electronic filing. Public access to electronically filed pleadings and documents
8 shall be in accordance with the rules governing access to paper filings.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 14.1(B) is hereby amended and
11 reenacted to read as follows:
12 Art. 14.1. Electronic filings
13 * * *
14 B. Beginning January 1, 2026, all filings as provided in this Article and all
15 other provisions of this Code filed by an attorney shall only be filed in person in
16 paper form or transmitted electronically in accordance with a system established by
17 a clerk of court or by the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority. Any pleading
18 or document filed electronically or in paper form is acceptable on legal or letter size
19 paper. The filer shall be responsible for ensuring that private information is not
20 included in filings. No filing shall include the first five digits of any social security
21 number, tax identification numbers number, state identification numbers number,
22 driver's license numbers number, financial account numbers number, full dates of
23 birth, or any information protected from disclosure by state or federal law. The clerk
24 of court shall adopt a system for the electronic filing and storage of any pleading,
25 document, or exhibit other than those documents or exhibits introduced and filed at
26 a hearing or trial. Furthermore, in a court that accepts electronic filings in
27 accordance with this Paragraph, the official record shall be the electronic record. A
28 pleading or document filed electronically is deemed filed on the date and time stated
29 on the confirmation of electronic filing sent from the system, if the clerk of court
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HB NO. 227 ENROLLED
1 accepts the electronic filing. Public access to electronically filed pleadings and
2 documents shall be in accordance with the rules governing access to written filings.
3 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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