Agenda - Judiciary A

Senate Committee on Judiciary A
May 5, 2026 1:00 P.M. John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Scheduled

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	April 28, 2026
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		HCR6	KNOX	SUCCESSIONS - Authorizes the La. State Law Institute to study intestate succession proceedings
		HCR31	DOMANGUE	COMMERCE - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the use and application of the term "foreign" with respect to juridical persons provided for in state law
		HB190	SCHLEGEL	LIABILITY/TORTS - Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs
		HB215	ROBBY CARTER	SUCCESSIONS - Provides relative to small successions
		HB226	ROBBY CARTER	CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to requests for admissions
		HB263	FARNUM	COURTS - Provides with respect to the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court and authority relative to specialty court programs
		HB299	MELERINE	COURTS - Provides relative to the filing of jury bonds by person, mail, or commercial courier
		HB519	MIKE JOHNSON	COURTS - Provides relative to the appointment of a special master by a trial court
		HB535	CHENEVERT	PATERNITY - Provides relative to authentic acts for acknowledgment of paternity
		HB538	FREIBERG	COURTS/JUVENILE - Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the Juvenile Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge
		HB571	LAFLEUR	COURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to creating the Complex Litigation Section Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB1006	WILFORD CARTER	CIVIL/PROCEDURE - Extends the time delay for filing of oppositions to motions for summary judgment
		HB1043	GREEN	COURTS - Provides relative to the civil jurisdictional amounts for First and Second Parish Courts
		HB1239	GREEN	CHILDREN/CUSTODY - Provides relative to child custody
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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