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SB 256 / Act 15

Orleans Parish clerk-of-court consolidation · 2026 Regular Session

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When did the express abolition and transfer mechanism enter SB 256, and what did Act 15 ultimately enact?

Finding

Act 15 abolishes the separate criminal clerk's office after May 3, 2026, and transfers its authority, records, money, pending actions, and property to the civil clerk. The express mechanism entered through adopted House Amendment 4162—not the original bill.

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The enacted answer

One office. An express transfer. Several transition clocks.

Act 15 abolishes the separate criminal clerk's office at the end of May 3, 2026. Its authority, records, money, pending actions, and property transfer to the civil clerk.

Employees Protected through January 15, 2027, except for good cause.

Transition capacity Temporary employees or contractors authorized through June 30, 2027.

Effective date The Act took effect when signed on April 30, 2026.

How the final law took shape

The enacted mechanism arrived through amendment—not in the original bill.

Original bill

One clerk proposed

The opening text proposed a unified office but did not contain the final express abolition and transfer section.

Adopted House Amendment 4162

Abolition and transfer added

The House supplied the end-of-May-3 date, the broad transfer, reference redirection, and statutory repeals.

Watch at 01:14:34

Adopted Senate Amendment 1760

Workforce terms added

The Senate added temporary employee protection, transition labor authority, and the signature effective date.

Watch at 02:05:29

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