HB597

Provides relative to judicial compensation (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Introduced·2/26/26

Louisiana HB597 amends judicial compensation, setting annual salary increases based on a rolling five-year average of the Consumer Price Index.

Louisiana HB597 revises the process for determining judicial salary increases. It mandates that the Department of the Treasury calculate annual raises for Louisiana Supreme Court, court of appeal, district court, city court, and parish court judges based on a rolling five-year average of the Consumer Price Index. The raises are subject to approval by the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana Judicial Budgetary Control Board, and they will be suspended if insufficient funds are available. The bill also repeals existing provisions related to judicial compensation.

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Where it stands

Current
Appropriations Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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History

May 11

House

Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

May 7

House

Reported with amendments (15-0).

Mar 9

House

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.