SB 313 — CLERKS OF COURT: Prohibits clerks of court's vendors from charging additional electronic filing fees in criminal and traffic actions. (8/1/26)
Last action — Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 22, nays 71. Failed to pass.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 27, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
HighHow often bills like it became law.
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Passed Senate
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
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Mixed recorded votes
1 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
In plain language
This bill prohibits additional electronic filing fees for criminal actions.
SB 313 prevents clerks of court from charging extra fees for electronic filings in criminal matters. These prohibitions apply to both the clerks and the filers, effective August 1, 2026.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
14 added · 10 removedPlain-language change summary
The amended version of Bill SB 313 now clearly states that clerks of court's vendors cannot charge extra electronic filing fees for both criminal and traffic actions. This change is important because it ensures that individuals filing documents in these cases won't face unexpected costs, making the legal process more accessible. The bill also maintains that only certain fees allowed by current law can still be charged, providing some clarity on what those fees are.
SLS 26RS-560 ENGROSSEDREENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
Prohibits clerks of courtcourt's vendors from charging additional electronic filing fees in criminal matters.and traffic actions.
Electronic filings * * * D.ExceptasprovidedinR.S.13:847,noadditionalfeesshallbecharged by the clerk'sclerk of court's e-filing vendor for electronicfilingselectronic filings in criminal matters,toeitherand traffic actions, to either the clerk or the filer, including service fees related to electronic filings.
SLS 26RS-560 ENGROSSEDREENGROSSED SB NO.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 313 EngrossedReengrossed 2026 Regular Session Jackson-Andrews Present law requires that all filings in criminal matters be filed in person in paper form or transmitted electronicallyin accordance with a system established by a clerk of court or by the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority.
Proposedlawprohibitsanyadditionalfeesfrombeingchargedbytheclerk'sProposedlawprohibitsanyadditionalfeesfrombeingchargedbytheclerkofcourt'se-filing e-filingvendorvendor for electronic filings in criminal matters,and traffic actions, to either the clerk or the filer, except for those certain fees authorized in present law.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill 1.
Make technical changes.
2.
Add applicability to traffic actions.
View plain text versions (4)
- Engrossed SB313 Reengrossed pdf
- Engrossed SB313 Engrossed Current pdf
- SB313 Original View text pdf
- Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1755, Jackson-Andrews, Adopted View text pdf
Amendments
2 amendments- Senate Committee Amendment, #1552, JUDB, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1525, JUDB, Draft Show changes
Click Show changes on an amendment above to see how it modifies the bill.
Action History
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 22, nays 71. Failed to pass.
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Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Sponsors
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 68 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 1 | 61 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 22 | 71 | 0 | 12 |
| % of votes cast | 21% | 68% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Galle | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Nay |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Nay |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Nay |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Nay |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Nay |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Nay |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Nay |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Nay |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Nay |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Nay |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Nay |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Nay |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Nay |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Nay |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Nay |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Nay |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Nay |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Nay |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Nay |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Nay |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Nay |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Nay |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Nay |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Nay |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Nay |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Nay |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Nay |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Nay |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Nay |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Not Voting |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Nay |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Nay |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Nay |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Nay |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Nay |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Nay |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Nay |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Nay |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Nay |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Nay |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 313?
- SB 313 is sponsored by Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 313?
- This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 27, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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