---
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).