HB533 • 2026

COURTS: Requires the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to transfer certain monies into the criminal court fund of the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Stephanie Berault
Last action: 2026-05-25
Official status: Signed by the Speaker
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how much money will be transferred annually, nor what happens if there are no surplus monies.

Transfer Money for Court Costs

This bill requires the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to transfer surplus funds into the criminal court fund of the 22nd Judicial District Court.

What This Bill Does

Requires the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to send surplus monies from a special fund to the criminal court fund at the end of each calendar year.
Defines 'surplus monies' as any money left in the special fund after paying witness fees for off-duty law enforcement officers.
Specifies that these transferred funds can be used like other funds in the criminal court fund.

Who It Names or Affects

The governing authority of St. Tammany Parish
The 22nd Judicial District Court

Terms To Know

surplus monies: Money left in the special fund after paying witness fees for off-duty law enforcement officers.
special fund: A specific fund provided by the 22nd Judicial District Court to pay witness fees for off-duty law enforcement officers.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much money will be transferred each year.
It is unclear what happens if there are no surplus monies in a given year.

Bill History

2026-05-25 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-25 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-22 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-21 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-20 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-11 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-20 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2026-04-15 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-15 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-14 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-13 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-09 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-26 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
2026-02-26 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

COURTS: Requires the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to transfer certain monies into the criminal court fund of the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 533
BY REPRESENTATIVE BERAULT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:255(AA), relative to costs of court; to provide for the transfer of certain
3 surplus monies in the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court; to provide for
4 definitions; to provide for use of the monies; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:255(AA) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §255. Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers
8 * * *
9 AA. In the Twenty-Second Judicial District, surplus monies in the special
10 fund in St. Tammany Parish at the end of each calendar year shall be transmitted by
11 the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to the criminal court fund of the
12 Twenty-Second Judicial District Court. As used in this Subsection, "special fund"
13 means the special fund provided for in Subsection D of this Section, and "surplus
14 monies" means the amount of money which is in the special fund at the end of each
15 calendar year and which is in excess of the total amount paid from the special fund
16 as witness fees for off-duty law enforcement officers in that calendar year. The
17 surplus monies which are required to be transferred by this Subsection may be used
18 for any purpose the other monies in the criminal court fund of the Twenty-Second
19 Judicial District Court may be used. No money obligated to be paid to any officer
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HB NO. 533 ENROLLED
1 or agency for an off-duty law enforcement court appearance shall be considered
2 surplus monies pursuant to this Subsection.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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