JUDGES/DISTRICT: Provides for the election of judges to the 19th Judicial District Court (EN +$267,076 GF EX See Note)
HB 124 reorganizes judicial election districts for East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana's 19th Judicial District Court. The bill creates two election sections for the Court of Appeal's second district and three election sections for the Family Court, specifying which precincts belong to each section. This change affects how judges are elected in East Baton Rouge Parish, requiring voters in defined geographic areas to elect judges representing their specific sections. The bill amends existing statutes to implement these boundary adjustments for judicial elections.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 25, 2025
Signed Jun 11, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB124 Original
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HB124 Act 243
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for signature, updating page counts and removing draft headers. The core policy regarding judicial district court elections remains unchanged, but the list of precincts assigned to specific election sections was completely reordered and corrected to match the official legislative numbering.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains focused on the election of judges in the 19th Judicial District Court, but the specific geographic assignments of precincts to election sections were significantly altered to correct a major sequencing error in the original draft.
REQUIREMENT
The list of precincts assigned to Election Sections One, Two, and Three was completely reordered and corrected, changing which specific precincts voters in those areas will vote for which judge.
TECHNICAL
Page numbering was updated from 'Page 5' to 'Page 4' to reflect the final version of the document.
Draft headers indicating 'HLS 25RS-212 ORIGINAL' and 'Prefiled pursuant to...' were removed, and the document was marked as 'ENROLLED'.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 9, 2025 · House May 29, 2025
How they voted
24–10
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Jun 9, 2025
D
Democratic11
90% Nay
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 8, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 56, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-4).
lower
May 15, 2025
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-5).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
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