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HB 1070 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to the Trial Court Case Management Information Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

This bill requires courts to charge defendants an additional three-dollar fee, reduced to one dollar in smaller municipalities, to fund a trial court case management information system. The money collected is placed in a special state fund managed by the judicial administrator, which can only be used to develop and maintain computer systems that help judges, clerks, law enforcement, and other officials manage criminal and juvenile justice cases more efficiently. The bill also establishes the administrator's role in coordinating with policy boards and conducting compliance checks to ensure the fees are properly collected and spent.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill funds trial court case management systems to improve efficiency in criminal and juvenile justice case handling for judges, clerks, and law enforcement.75% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill funds development and maintenance of computer systems for court case management, directly supporting technology infrastructure in the justice system.75% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 30, 2026 Signed Jun 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB1070 Original → HB1070 Act 697 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates the special court costs assessed on defendants to account for inflation and clarifies how those funds must be used. It increases the base assessment amount from $3 to $1 and establishes a mechanism to adjust this amount annually based on the Consumer Price Index, with a maximum cap of $4. Additionally, it strengthens the rules for spending these funds by explicitly prohibiting courts from waiving or redirecting the costs for any other purpose.
Scope change
The bill expands the applicability of the cost adjustment mechanism to include all courts, including mayor's courts and magistrate courts, and clarifies that the cost assessment applies based on the most recent federal census population data.
FISCAL

Increased the base special court cost assessment from $3 to $1 per violation.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for the court cost amount to be adjusted annually for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, capped at a maximum of $4.

Explicitly prohibited trial courts from waiving, setting aside, or redirecting the special costs for any purpose other than the designated fund.

MODIFIED

Clarified that the cost assessment applies to municipalities based on the most recent federal decennial census population data.

Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2026 · House Apr 22, 2026

How they voted

37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 18, 2026
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Jacob Braud
Jacob Braud
RRepublican
LA
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