---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to filing fees for the Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program in the 19th JDC (EN +$120,000 LF RV See Note)"
description: "COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to filing fees for the Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program in the 19th JDC (EN +$120,000 LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 754"
citation: "Louisiana HB 754 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vanessa Caston LaFleur"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-19"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d7dceed-4cfd-49cb-9bb9-e53c464c28b3"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246802"
source_hash: "9db22226300115d6cec109ba0b733bd9bb0653ec0eefd6179a03148a412508a4"
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 754 (2024) — COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to filing fees for the Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program in the 19th JDC (EN +$120,000 LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB754 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355740)
2. **HB754 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379567)
3. **HB754 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367194)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3177, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366248)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3321, JUD, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367136)
6. **HB754 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374826)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#718) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#742) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 231. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-15** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2024.
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** 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/2d7dceed-4cfd-49cb-9bb9-e53c464c28b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).