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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 437 2022 Regular Session Zeringue
APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year
2022-2023
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Adds $841,670 for implementation of the automated expungement of criminal
records if House Bill No. 707 of the 2022 Regular Session is enacted into law.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Appropriates funds for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for the ordinary operating expenses of the
judicial branch of government, including the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts,
Criminal Court of Orleans Parish, juvenile and family courts, and other courts, with total
funding of $196,694,749 from the following sources: $177,060,974 out of the State General
Fund (Direct); $9,392,850 out of Interagency Transfers; and $10,240,925 from statutory
dedications out of the Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund and the Trial Court Case
Management Fund.
Funding for the ordinary operating expenses of the judicial branch of government is provided
as follows:
FY 22 EOB FY 23 REC
Louisiana Supreme Court $80,151,700 $ 86,876,567
Courts of Appeal 49,312,732 52,279,112
District Courts 40,948,075 43,657,329
Criminal Court, Parish of Orleans6,526,859 6,815,342
Juvenile and Family Courts 2,655,773 2,786,289
Other Courts (Required by Statute) 3,330,039 3,507,837
Other Programs 717,036 772,273
Total Funding $183,642,214 $196,694,749
Proposed law reduces the State General Fund (Direct) appropriation to the judiciary by
$2,483,308 and requires the Judicial Budgetary Control Board or the La. Supreme Court to
adopt a plan to allocate the reduction.
Proposed law appropriates $841,670 for implementation of the automated expungement of
criminal records, if House Bill No. 707 of the 2022 Regular Session is enacted into law.
Effective July 1, 2022.
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