Senate Committee on Judiciary A
April 30, 2024
9:00 A.M.
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 29, 2024, 11:09 am *
Revision Notes:
REMOVED SB267
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 25, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB84
SEABAUGH
CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Provides for motion for judgment on offer of judgment. (8/1/24)
SB130
BASS
CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Provides for limitation upon jury trials. (1/1/25)
SB244
TALBOT
EVIDENCE
- Provides for admissibility of evidence for payment of medical expenses or losses from personal injury or property damage. (8/1/24)
SB246
LUNEAU
CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor. (6/14/24)
SB334
TALBOT
PRESCRIPTION
- Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods for delictual actions. (8/1/24)
SB459
SEABAUGH
MINERALS
- Provides relative to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration. (8/1/24)
HCR23
EMERSON
HONORARY DESIGNATIONS
- Designates the city of Carencro as the Seasoning Capital of the World
HB23
MELERINE
PRESCRIPTION
- Provides relative to the prescription of actions for violation of building restrictions
HB24
MELERINE
EVIDENCE
- Provides relative to evidentiary presumptions in personal injury claims
HB236
MCMAKIN
CHILDREN/CUSTODY
- Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
HB315
MIKE JOHNSON
PRESCRIPTION
- Extends prescription on tort actions
HB336
CHENEVERT
CONTRACTS
- Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure Act
HB423
MELERINE
CIVIL/PROCEDURE
- Provides for payment of recoverable medical expenses from collateral sources
HB433
ZERINGUE
JUDGES
- Provides with respect to annual financial reports on state and local court funding and expenses
HB464
MIKE JOHNSON
COURTS/COURT COSTS
- Provides relative to certain witness fees
HB552
BRAUD
COURTS
- Authorizes the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court to hold certain sessions of court west of the Mississippi River
HB784
SCHAMERHORN
LIABILITY/CIVIL
- Provides relative to liability for damages caused by livestock
HB785
SCHAMERHORN
LIABILITY/CIVIL
- Provides relative to liability for commercial motor vehicles
HB842
WILEY
LIABILITY/CIVIL
- Provides relative to civil liability protection for local governments concerning events on the Mississippi River levee
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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