---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to civil jury trials and deposits for costs and expenses. (8/1/21) (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
description: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to civil jury trials and deposits for costs and expenses. (8/1/21) (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Louisiana SB 245 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louie Bernard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/685379f8-9015-4de9-810e-65688a69b136"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240868"
source_hash: "ec9bc58cceba10624f43d018a73c29e755e0198ae0851f52458861a3c6d2ecd2"
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 SB 245 (2021) — CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to civil jury trials and deposits for costs and expenses. (8/1/21) (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB245 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218354)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3348, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227220)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3718, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230148)
4. **SB245 Act 382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235720)
5. **SB245 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218541)
6. **SB245 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233519)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#999) — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#242) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1059) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louie Bernard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-15** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 382. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-03** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-06-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-06-01** Reported with amendments (12-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-28** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 71. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/685379f8-9015-4de9-810e-65688a69b136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).