---
type: "Bill"
title: "CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to salary increases for clerks of court (EN +$352,127 LF EX See Note)"
description: "CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to salary increases for clerks of court (EN +$352,127 LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 439"
citation: "Louisiana HB 439 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Bacala"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/393d5b7f-024c-45f1-aac0-590ff6dd462d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246129"
source_hash: "57820169dd5d994fb72f3844d0a008d2b7a0211ad0991e0e25bec456f1ff7890"
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 439 (2024) — CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to salary increases for clerks of court (EN +$352,127 LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB439 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350742)
2. **HB439 Act 697** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382718)
3. **HB439 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364771)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3413, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373690)
5. **HB439 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379587)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#579) — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#988) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1496) — **78–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Bacala — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 07/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 697. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 78, nays 4, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-13** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-04-30** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/2024.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Reported favorably (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/393d5b7f-024c-45f1-aac0-590ff6dd462d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).