HB93 • 2026

CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to the jury commission in Lincoln Parish

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 51
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify that the clerk must coordinate the process of selecting jurors, only that they perform duties related to jury venires and receive compensation as a jury commissioner.

Jury Commission Duties for Lincoln Parish

This act changes the duties of the jury commission in Lincoln Parish to be performed by the clerk of court or a deputy clerk.

What This Bill Does

Changes who can perform the job of the jury commission in Lincoln Parish.
Says that the clerk of court or their chosen deputy will do this job.
Gives the clerk and deputy all the powers, duties, and rules for being a jury commissioner.

Who It Names or Affects

The clerk of court in Lincoln Parish
Deputies chosen by the clerk of court

Terms To Know

Jury Commission: A group or person responsible for selecting people to serve on juries.
Clerk of Court: An official who manages the paperwork and records in a court system.

Limits and Unknowns

The act only affects Lincoln Parish.
It does not change how other parishes handle jury commissions.

Bill History

2026-05-11 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-11 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 51.
2026-05-05 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-04 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-04-29 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-04-28 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-04-27 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-15 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-14 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-01 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-03-31 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-31 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-30 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
2026-03-26 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-06 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.
2026-02-06 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-06 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to the jury commission in Lincoln Parish

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 512026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 93
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 404(K), relative to the clerk of court of
3 Lincoln Parish; to provide for the function of the clerk of court of Lincoln Parish;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 404(K) is hereby enacted to read as
7 follows:
8 Art. 404. Appointment of jury commissions; term of office; oath; quorum;
9 performance of functions of jury commissions in certain parishes
10 * * *
11 K. In the parish of Lincoln, the function of the jury commission shall be
12 performed by the clerk of court of Lincoln Parish or by a deputy clerk of court
13 designated by the respective clerk in writing to act in his stead in all matters affecting
14 the jury commission. The clerk of court or his designated deputy shall have the same
15 powers, duties, and responsibilities and shall be governed by all applicable
16 provisions of law pertaining to jury commissioners. The clerk of court of Lincoln
17 Parish shall perform the duties and responsibilities otherwise imposed upon him by
18 law with respect to jury venires, coordinate the jury venire process, and receive the
19 compensation generally authorized for a jury commissioner.
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.