SLS 24RS-192 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 78
BY SENATOR MORRIS
COURTS. Constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature, by law, to establish
additional courts enacted by a two-thirds vote. (2/3 - CA12s1(A))
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2 Proposing to amend Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to judicial
3 power; to authorize the legislature, by a two-thirds vote of each house, to establish
4 new courts; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors;
5 and provide a ballot proposition.
6 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
7 elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for
8 their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article V,
9 Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
10 ยง1. Judicial Power
11 Section 1. The judicial power is vested in a supreme court, courts of appeal,
12 district courts, and other courts authorized by this Article, or as provided by a law
13 enacted by two-thirds vote of the elected members of each house of the
14 legislature.
15 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
16 to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 5,
17 2024.
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SLS 24RS-192 ORIGINAL
1 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election
2 there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
3 to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
4 follows:
5 Do you support an amendment to authorize the legislature, by a two-thirds
6 vote of each house, to create additional courts?
7 (Amends Article V, Section 1)
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jonathon Wagner.
DIGEST
SB 78 Original 2024 Regular Session Morris
Present constitution provides that the judicial power is vested in a supreme court, courts of
appeal, district courts, and other courts authorized in the constitution.
Proposed constitutional amendment allows the legislature, by a 2/3rds vote of each house,
to create additional courts.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
November 5, 2024.
(Amends Const. Art. V, Sec. 1)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.