COURTS: Requires the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to transfer certain monies into the criminal court fund of the 22nd Judicial District Court (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)
HB 533 requires St. Tammany Parish’s governing authority to transfer any surplus funds from its special court fund to the 22nd Judicial District Court’s criminal court fund annually. Surplus is defined as money remaining after paying witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers for court appearances that year. The transferred funds can be used for any purpose allowed under the criminal court fund’s existing rules. This bill directly affects St. Tammany Parish’s budget management and the 22nd Judicial District Court’s funding.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 26, 2026
Signed May 29, 2026
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HB533 Original
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HB533 Act 435
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MINOR
The bill was converted from a draft version to its final enrolled form, adding signatures from the Speaker, Senate President, and Governor to signify official approval. The substantive policy content remains the same, requiring the St. Tammany Parish governing authority to transfer surplus witness fees to the 22nd Judicial District Court's criminal court fund.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document status was updated to reflect final enactment.
TECHNICAL
Added enrolled status headers and signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor, indicating the bill has been signed into law.
Removed the original legislative digest and draft status headers, as these are no longer needed for the final enacted text.
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2026 · House Apr 15, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 20, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. 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 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stephanie Berault
RRepublican
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