---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS: Provides for the jurisdictional limits of city courts. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)"
description: "COURTS: Provides for the jurisdictional limits of city courts. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Louisiana SB 445 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Jackson-Andrews"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fedebfca-c979-412e-bcb1-610bbcd45d2e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247034"
source_hash: "45170170f48691df123ba0518573b10bdf61c9d62a1d82d66dedadda205f861b"
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 445 (2024) — COURTS: Provides for the jurisdictional limits of city courts. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB445 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360790)
2. **SB445 Act 105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378099)
3. **SB445 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363791)
4. **SB445 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366116)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1957, Jackson-Andrews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365531)
6. **SB445 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375122)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1098) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#306) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 105. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-16** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-15** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-29** Reported favorably (11-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-16** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-09** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced in the Senate. 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/fedebfca-c979-412e-bcb1-610bbcd45d2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).