HB78 • 2026

COURTS/CITY: Increases the jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Bogalusa

Enacted

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

Sponsor: John Wyble
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 50
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on concurrent jurisdiction or specify which other city courts are affected beyond Bogalusa.

Increase in City Court Jurisdiction for Bogalusa

This act increases the amount of money that can be handled by the City Court of Bogalusa.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law to allow the City Court of Bogalusa to handle cases where the amount in dispute is up to $50,000.

Who It Names or Affects

People who have legal disputes involving less than $50,000 can now go to the City Court of Bogalusa.
The city courts listed in the bill will handle more types of cases after this change.

Terms To Know

jurisdiction: the authority a court has over certain legal matters or people

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only affects specific city courts listed in it.
It does not change how much money district courts can handle.

Bill History

2026-05-11 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-11 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 50.
2026-05-07 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-07 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-06 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-06 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-05 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-27 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-22 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-21 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-18 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
2026-03-17 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-17 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-16 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.
2026-03-11 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-10 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2026-02-06 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.
2026-02-03 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2026-02-03 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

COURTS/CITY: Increases the jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Bogalusa

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 502026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 78
BY REPRESENTATIVE WYBLE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(G), relative to jurisdictional
3 limits of city courts; to provide with respect to the jurisdictional amount in dispute
4 in the City Court of Bogalusa; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(G) is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or
9 political subdivision
10 * * *
11 G. In the City Court of Alexandria, the City Court of East St. Tammany, the
12 City Court of Bogalusa, the City Court of Hammond, the City Court of Lake Charles,
13 the City Court of Pineville, the City Court of Ruston, the City Court of Sulphur, and
14 the Third Ward City Court of Franklin, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the
15 district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property
16 involved, does not exceed fifty thousand dollars.
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.