HB571 • 2026

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Vanessa Caston LaFleur
Last action: 2026-06-08
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 813
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

What This Bill Does

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Summary of Senate Amendments to HB571

Filed

Plain English: SSHB571 4872 6177 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 571 2026 Regular Session LaFleur COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB571 4872 6177 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 571 2026 Regular Session LaFleur COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Extends the Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program until July 31, 2028.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law provides for definitions and provides certain factors to determine if a case may be referred to the Complex Litigation Section.
Present law authorizes the 19th JDC to establish the Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program and provides for additional filing fees in complex litigation cases.

Fiscal Note - HB571 Engrossed With Senate Floor Amendments

Filed

Plain English: Filed 3

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House Vote on HB 571 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1688)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1688 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 571 BY LAFLEUR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:15:54 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carrier Carter, R.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1688 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 571 BY LAFLEUR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:15:54 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carrier Carter, R.
Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
Henry, D.
Hilferty Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.

Senate Floor Amendment #4191 Foil Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB571 539 4191 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Foil to Engrossed House Bill No.

SFAHB571 539 4191 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Foil to Engrossed House Bill No.
571 by Representative LaFleur 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" delete the remainder of the line and insert "R.S.
3 13:842.4(D)," 4 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-06-08 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-08 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 813.
2026-06-01 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-06-01 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-31 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-29 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-27 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-18 S
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-18 S
Rules suspended.
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 90, 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 (16-0).
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/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 8132026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 571
BY REPRESENTATIVE LAFLEUR
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:842.4(D), relative to the establishment of the Complex
3 Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court; to extend the
4 termination date of the program; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:842.4(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §842.4. Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program; filing fees; Nineteenth Judicial
8 District Court
9 * * *
10 D. The pilot program authorized by this Section shall be effective for a period
11 of two years, unless extended by the legislature terminate on July 31, 2028.
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.