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HB719 • 2026

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Peter Egan
Last action
2026-06-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 827
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)

What This Bill Does

  • DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB719 3264 6299 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 719 2026 Regular Session Egan DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB719 3264 6299 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 719 2026 Regular Session Egan DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Increases the number of assistant district attorneys as follows: (a) First Judicial District - from 35 to 39 (b) Fourth Judicial District - from 26 to 27 (c) Eighth Judicial District - from 4 to 5 (d) Ninth Judicial District - from 15 to 16 (e) Tenth Judicial District - from 5 to 6 (f) Eleventh Judicial District - from 4 to 5 (g) Fourteenth Judicial District - from 25 to 27 (h) Sixteenth Judicial District - from 23 to 24 (i) Seventeenth Judicial District - from 13 to 16 (j) Nineteenth Judicial District - from 55 to 71 (k) Twenty-First Judicial District - from 19 to 20 (l) Twenty-Second Judicial District - from 30 to 44 (m) Twenty-Fourth Judicial District - from 54 to 58 (n) Twenty-Seventh Judicial District - from 12 to 15 (o) Thirty-Second Judicial District - from 21 to 22 (p) Thirty-Fourth Judicial District - from 9 to 10 2.
  • Decreases the number of assistant district attorneys in Orleans Parish from 83 to 73.
  • 3.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1775 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 719 BY EGAN CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/31/2026 Time: 6:54:18 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1775 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 719 BY EGAN CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/31/2026 Time: 6:54:18 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.
  • Speaker Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carver Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fontenot Freiberg Gadberry Galle Glorioso Hebert Henry, C.
  • Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB719 4448 5011 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • HCAHB719 4448 5011 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 719 by Representative Egan 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 3, delete lines 28 and 29 in their entirety and on page 4 delete lines 1 through 4 in 3 their entirety and insert the following: 4 "Section 2.
  • The provisions of Section 1 shall become effective when an Act of the 5 Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation 6 of the provisions of this Act becomes effective.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB719 4448 4865 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • HCAHB719 4448 4865 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 719 by Representative Egan 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 3, delete lines 28 and 29 in their entirety and on page 4 delete lines 1 through 4 in 3 their entirety and insert the following: 4 "Section 2.
  • The provisions of Section 1 shall become effective when an Act of the 5 Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation 6 of the provisions of this Act becomes effective.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB719 4872 4283 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB719 4872 4283 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.
  • 719 by Representative Egan 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" delete "R.S.
  • 16:51(A)" and insert "R.S.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB719 4872 4209 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB719 4872 4209 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.
  • 719 by Representative Egan 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" delete "R.S.
  • 16:51(A)" and insert "R.S.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB719 3005 4505 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Reese to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB719 3005 4505 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Reese to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 719 by Representative Egan 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 Delete Senate Committee Amendments No.
  • 1 through 22 proposed by the Senate Committee 3 on Finance and adopted by the Senate on May 27, 2026 4 AMENDMENT NO.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB719 2282 4475 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB719 2282 4475 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 719 by Representative Egan 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" delete the remainder of the line and delete line 3 and insert 3 the following: 4 "R.S.
  • 16:51(A)(1) through (11), (13) through (17), (19), (21) through (27), 5 (29) through (37), and (40) through (42), relative to" 6 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB719 2282 4429 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB719 2282 4429 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 719 by Representative Egan 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" delete the remainder of the line and delete line 3 and insert 3 the following: 4 "R.S.
  • 16:51(A)(1) through (11), (13) through (17), (19), (21) through (27), 5 (29) through (37), and (40) through (42), relative to" 6 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-08 H

    Effective date: 06/08/2026.

  2. 2026-06-08 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 827.

  3. 2026-06-02 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-06-01 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-31 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 75, nays 18, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-29 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2026.

  8. 2026-05-29 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-28 S

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-28 S

    Called from the Calendar.

  11. 2026-05-28 S

    Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  12. 2026-05-27 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  13. 2026-05-27 S

    Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. 2026-05-20 S

    Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  15. 2026-05-20 S

    Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

  16. 2026-05-12 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  17. 2026-05-11 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  18. 2026-05-07 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  19. 2026-05-06 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  20. 2026-05-06 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  21. 2026-05-05 H

    Reported with amendments (20-0).

  22. 2026-04-27 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  23. 2026-04-23 H

    Reported with amendments (15-0).

  24. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  25. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  26. 2026-02-27 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  27. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)

Current Bill Text

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ACT No. 8272026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 719
BY REPRESENTATIVES EGAN, ADAMS, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BERAULT,
BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BRAUD, BROUSSARD, CARRIER, ROBBY
CARTER, CARVER, DEWITT, DICKERSON, FONTENOT, FREIBERG, GALLE,
GLORIOSO, ILLG, JACKSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, LACOMBE, MARCELLE,
MELERINE, MENA, MOORE, SAWYER, SCHLEGEL, ST. BLANC, TAYLOR,
VENTRELLA, VILLIO, WALTERS, WILDER, WILEY, WRIGHT, AND WYBLE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 16:51(A), relative to assistant district attorneys; to provide for
3 the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district; to provide for an
4 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 16:51(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §51. Assistant district attorneys
8 A. The district attorney of each judicial district and of the parish of Orleans
9 shall appoint a first assistant district attorney and such other assistant district
10 attorneys for his respective judicial district or for the parish of Orleans as may be
11 necessary, the total number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district and
12 in the parish of Orleans to be not less than the following:
13 (1) In the First Judicial District, thirty-five thirty-nine assistant district
14 attorneys;
15 (2) In the Second Judicial District, ten assistant district attorneys;
16 (3) In the Third Judicial District, nine ten assistant district attorneys;
17 (4) In the Fourth Judicial District, twenty-six twenty-seven assistant district
18 attorneys;
19 (5) In the Fifth Judicial District, seven eight assistant district attorneys;
20 (6) In the Sixth Judicial District, seven eight assistant district attorneys;
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1 (7) In the Seventh Judicial District, six seven assistant district attorneys;
2 (8) In the Eighth Judicial District, four five assistant district attorneys;
3 (9) In the Ninth Judicial District, fifteen sixteen assistant district attorneys;
4 (10) In the Tenth Judicial District, five six assistant district attorneys;
5 (11) In the Eleventh Judicial District, four five assistant district attorneys;
6 (12) In the Twelfth Judicial District, eight assistant district attorneys;
7 (13) In the Thirteenth Judicial District, five six assistant district attorneys;
8 (14) In the Fourteenth Judicial District, twenty-five twenty-seven assistant
9 district attorneys;
10 (15) In the Fifteenth Judicial District, twenty-eight thirty assistant district
11 attorneys;
12 (16) In the Sixteenth Judicial District, twenty-three twenty-four assistant
13 district attorneys;
14 (17) In the Seventeenth Judicial District, thirteen sixteen assistant district
15 attorneys;
16 (18) In the Eighteenth Judicial District, thirteen assistant district attorneys;
17 (19) In the Nineteenth Judicial District, fifty-five seventy-one assistant
18 district attorneys;
19 (20) In the Twentieth Judicial District, five assistant district attorneys;
20 (21) In the Twenty-First Judicial District, ninteen twenty assistant district
21 attorneys;
22 (22) In the Twenty-Second Judicial District, thirty forty-four assistant district
23 attorneys;
24 (23) In the Twenty-Third Judicial District, nineteen twenty assistant district
25 attorneys;
26 (24) In the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, fifty-four fifty-eight assistant
27 district attorneys;
28 (25) In the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District, five six assistant district attorneys;
29 (26) In the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, thirteen assistant district attorneys;
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1 (27) In the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, twelve fifteen assistant district
2 attorneys;
3 (28) In the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District, three assistant district attorneys;
4 (29) In the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District, ten assistant district attorneys;
5 (30) In the Thirtieth Judicial District, six assistant district attorneys;
6 (31) In the Thirty-First Judicial District, four five assistant district attorneys;
7 (32) In the Thirty-Second Judicial District, twenty-one twenty-two assistant
8 district attorneys;
9 (33) In the Thirty-Third Judicial District, four five assistant district attorneys;
10 (34) In the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District, nine ten assistant district attorneys;
11 (35) In the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District, four five assistant district attorneys;
12 (36) In the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District, five six assistant district attorneys;
13 (37) In the Thirty-Seventh Judicial District, three assistant district attorneys;
14 (38) In the parish of Orleans, eighty-three seventy-three assistant district
15 attorneys;
16 (39) In the Thirty-Eighth Judicial District, two assistant district attorneys;
17 (40) In the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District, two assistant district attorneys;
18 (41) In the Fortieth Judicial District, nine ten assistant district attorneys;
19 (42) In the Forty-Second Judicial District, four five assistant district attorneys.
20 Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall become effective when an Act of the
21 Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation
22 of the provisions of this Act becomes effective.
23 Section 3. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 16:54, any additional changes
24 in the number of assistant district attorneys as provided by this Act which were not approved
25 by the Governor's Advisory and Review Commission on April 12, 2026, shall become
26 effective upon recommendation by the commission that such additional assistant district
27 attorneys satisfy the applicable guidelines in its report to the governor and the Louisiana
28 Legislature.
29 Section 4. The provisions of this Section and Section 2 shall become effective upon
30 signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for
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1 bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section
2 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved
3 by the legislature, the provisions of this Section shall become effective on the day following
4 such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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