HB 227 — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides that filings may be made on letter size rather than legal size paper

HLSENROLLED 26RS-751 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

227 BY REPRESENTATIVE VENTRELLA CIVIL/PROCEDURE:AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 253(B)(2) and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 14.1(B), relative to court filings;

Providesthatfilingsmaybemadeonlettersizeratherthanlegalsize paper AN ACT To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 253(B)(2) and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 14.1(B), relative to court filings;

* * * (2) On and after January 1, 2026, all filings as provided in Paragraph A of this Article and allotherprovisionsall other provisions of this ChapterChapterfiledbyan filed byan attorneyshall onlybe filed in person in paper form or transmitted electronically in accordance with a system established by a clerk of court or by Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority.

No filing shall include the first five digits of any social security number, tax identification numbers number, state identificationPage numbers1 number,of driver's3 licenseCODING: numbers number, financial account numbersnumber,fulldatesofbirth,oranyinformationprotectedfromdisclosureby state or federal law.

The clerk of court shall adopt a system for the electronic filing Page 1 of 3 CODING:

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227 andENROLLED storageidentification ofnumbers anypleading,number, document,driver's orlicense exhibitnumbers filednumber, withfinancial aaccount pleading.numbersnumber,fulldatesofbirth,oranyinformationprotectedfromdisclosureby state or federal law.

The clerk of court shall adopt a system for the electronic filing and storage of anypleading, document, or exhibit filed with a pleading.

Beginning January 1, 2026, all filings as provided in this Article and all other provisions of this Code filed by an attorney shall only be filed in person in paper form or transmitted electronicallyin accordance with a system established by aclerkofcourtorbytheLouisianaClerks'RemoteAccessAuthority.aclerkofcourtorbytheLouisianaClerks'Remote AccessAuthority.

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Public access to electronically filed pleadings and documents shall be in accordancewith the rules governing access to written filings.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 227 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Ventrella Abstract:

Permits court filings to clerks of court on letter size paper.

Present law authorizes paper or electronic filings of pleadings, documents, and exhibits.

Proposed law retains present law and provides that any pleading or document filed electronically or in paper form is acceptable on legal or letter size paper.

Present law prohibits the following private information in such filings:

(1) First five digits of any social security number.

(2) Tax identification numbers.

(3) State identification numbers.

(4) Driver's license numbers.

(5) Financial account numbers.

(6) Full dates of birth.

(7) Any information protected from disclosure bystate or federal law.

Proposed law generally retains present law, but removes full dates of birth from the list of prohibited information in both civil and criminal court matters.

(Amends C.C.P.

Art.

253(B)(2) and C.Cr.P.

Art.

14.1(B)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:

1.

Remove full dates of birth from the list of prohibited information in both civil and criminal court matters.