HB 226 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to requests for admissions

HB 226 changes Louisiana civil court procedure by requiring a hearing before a request for admission is automatically considered admitted. Currently, if a party doesn’t respond within 30 days, the request is deemed admitted; this bill adds a "contradictory hearing" where both sides can argue before that happens. It directly affects parties in civil lawsuits who receive requests for admissions, giving them a formal opportunity to contest the request before it becomes binding. The key change is replacing automatic admission with a hearing requirement, while also clarifying that responses must specifically deny or explain why an admission can’t be given.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Signed Jun 23, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB226 Original → HB226 Act 942 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill shifts the process for handling requests for admissions in civil cases from an automatic admission system to one requiring a pre-admission conference. Previously, a request was automatically admitted unless a party objected within 30 days; now, a mandatory 'Rule 10.1 Certificate of Conference' must be issued before any request can be deemed admitted, ensuring parties discuss the issues first. This change aims to reduce unnecessary litigation and clarify facts before they are settled by default.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of pre-litigation requirements by adding a new procedural step (the conference) that applies to all requests for admissions, except in default judgment cases.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandatory 'Rule 10.1 Certificate of Conference' requirement that must be issued before a request for admission is considered admitted.

Removed the provision for a 'contradictory hearing' as the pre-admission step, replacing it with the conference requirement.

TIMELINE

Changed the condition for admission from a 30-day objection window to a requirement that a conference be held first.

DEFINITION

Added new language clarifying that parties must specify true parts of a request and qualify or deny the remainder, while allowing lack of information as a reason only after a reasonable inquiry.

Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026 · House Mar 26, 2026

How they voted

30–0

Passed · 10 other

Total votes 40

May 28, 2026

D Democratic12

9 Yea 3

75% Yea

R Republican28

21 Yea 7

75% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

May 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 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

Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (8-0-1).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor