HB 708
Effective date: 06/21/2026
COURTS/JUSTICE OF PEACE: Authorizes concurrent jurisdiction for justice of the peace and city courts in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Louisiana
- House / Assembly
- Introduced Feb 27, 2026
- Session 2026
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Effective date: 06/21/2026.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
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Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.