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IntroducedFeb 27, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 29, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
COURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Authorizes concurrent jurisdiction for justice of the peace and city courts in East Baton Rouge Parish
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Senate • May 13, 2026: Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Comments on HB 708
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Votes
YES: 70
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Dewitt
- McFarland
- Adams
- Dickerson
- McMahen
- Amedee
- Domangue
- McMakin
- Bacala
- Echols
- Melerine
- Bamburg
- Edmonston
- Orgeron
- Bayham
- Egan
- Owen
- Beaullieu
- Firment
- Riser
- Berault
- Fontenot
- Sawyer
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Schamerhorn
- Boudreaux
- Gadberry
- Schlegel
- Bourriaque
- Galle
- Spell
- Boyer
- Glorioso
- St. Blanc
- Braud
- Hebert
- Stagni
- Broussard
- Henry, C.
- Taylor
- Butler
- Horton
- Thomas
- Carpenter
- Illg
- Turner
- Carrier
- Jackson
- Ventrella
- Carter, R.
- Johnson, M.
- Villio
- Carver
- Kerner
- Wilder
- Chenevert
- Landry, J.
- Wiley
- Coates
- Landry, M.
- Wyble
- Cox
- Lyons
- Zeringue
- Crews
- Mack
- Deshotel
- McCormick
NO: 22
Actions
- May 13, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 12, 2026 | Senate
- Reported favorably.
- May 04, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
- Apr 29, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
- Apr 23, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (13-3-1).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

