---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for elections to fill newly-created judgeships and judicial vacancies and for exceptions as to courts of limited or specialized jurisdictions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
description: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for elections to fill newly-created judgeships and judicial vacancies and for exceptions as to courts of limited or specialized jurisdictions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s3"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Louisiana SB 5 (2024s3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Morris"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-06"
last_action: "2024-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be8c5473-4fbe-42e6-ba4a-f0ca470f711a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247865"
source_hash: "de28d1cb739d22ce9321aa7d1cdc5ff6fe5c57a4347e2fd161f771c47596ea65"
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 5 (2024s3) — COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for elections to fill newly-created judgeships and judicial vacancies and for exceptions as to courts of limited or specialized jurisdictions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB5 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390193)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #218, McMakin, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391350)
3. **SB5 Act 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391457)
4. **SB5 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390288)
5. **SB5 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390641)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #28, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390259)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #29, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390264)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #33, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390276)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #57, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390568)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #60, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390589)
11. **SB5 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391411)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#87) — **72–25** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#12) — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#52) — **28–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Morris — primary (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-25** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-11-25** Becomes Act No. 4 `became-law`
- **2024-11-22** Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 11/25/2024.
- **2024-11-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-11-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 11/25/2024. `enrolled`
- **2024-11-22** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 28 yeas and 10 nays.
- **2024-11-22** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 25. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-11-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 11/22/2024.
- **2024-11-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-20** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-11-19** Reported without amendments (11-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-11-18** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2024-11-18** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-18** Reported favorably (7-6). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-14** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14** Received in the House from the Senate.
- **2024-11-14** Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 7 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-11-13** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-11-07** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-11-06** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be8c5473-4fbe-42e6-ba4a-f0ca470f711a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).