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+type: "Bill"
+title: "COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for the assessment of a fee for filing civil and criminal matters (EN +$694,384 SG RV See Note)"
+description: "COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for the assessment of a fee for filing civil and criminal matters (EN +$694,384 SG RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 644"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 644 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chad Brown"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-04-22"
+last_action: "2025-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c81ef4b5-faeb-4190-91b2-3d845660b7ed"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248861"
+source_hash: "6d8b49c367131a8113e105a33fc5d2ef12bf9267ccd72630dbf6662437f12783"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 644 (2025) — COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for the assessment of a fee for filing civil and criminal matters (EN +$694,384 SG RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB644 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406880)
+2. **HB644 Act 299** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425613)
+3. **HB644 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417590)
+4. **House Committee Amendment, #3319, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417168)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #3395, JUD, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417563)
+6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2830, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421519)
+7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2851, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421618)
+8. **HB644 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423408)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#670) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1017) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#735) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chad Brown — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-11** Effective date: See Act.
+- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 299. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
+- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
+- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2025.
+- **2025-05-27** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-22** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c81ef4b5-faeb-4190-91b2-3d845660b7ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+