HB 538
  • Introduced
    Feb 26, 2026
  • Passed House
    Apr 15, 2026
  • Passed Senate
    May 19, 2026
  • Became Law
HB 538
Louisiana House Bill
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COURTS/JUVENILE: Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the Juvenile Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge
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House • May 20, 2026: Received from the Senate with amendments.
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HB538 Engrossed

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Apr 15, 2026, House
FINAL PASSAGE (#538)
YES: 83
NO: 12
OTHER: 10
YES: 83

NO: 12

ABSENT: 10

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May 18, 2026, Senate
FINAL PASSAGE (#922)
YES: 17
NO: 18
OTHER: 4
YES: 17

NO: 18

ABSENT: 4

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May 19, 2026, Senate
FINAL PASSAGE (#1020)
YES: 32
NO: 1
OTHER: 6
YES: 32

NO: 1

ABSENT: 6

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  • May 20, 2026 | House
    • Received from the Senate with amendments.
  • May 19, 2026 | Senate
    • Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
    • Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
    • Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  • May 18, 2026 | Senate
    • Rules suspended.
    • Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 17 yeas and 18 nays.
    • Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
  • May 07, 2026 | Senate
    • Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  • May 06, 2026 | Senate
    • Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  • May 05, 2026 | Senate
    • Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
  • Apr 20, 2026 | Senate
    • Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
  • Apr 15, 2026 | Senate
    • Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  • Apr 15, 2026 | House
    • Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 12. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  • Apr 14, 2026 | House
    • Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
  • Apr 13, 2026 | House
    • Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  • Apr 09, 2026 | House
    • Reported favorably (10-0).
  • Mar 09, 2026 | House
    • Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
  • Feb 27, 2026 | House
    • First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  • Feb 26, 2026 | House
    • Prefiled.
    • Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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