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LA HB38
Bill
Status
6/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tony Bacala
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AI Summary
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Adds the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to the list of agencies exempt from mandatory public records disclosure for investigative and law enforcement records under R.S. 44:3
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Removes "witness to" from the list of persons whose names must be disclosed in initial law enforcement reports, meaning witness identities are no longer required to be made public
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Retains the requirement to disclose names of suspects charged with or arrested for alleged offenses in initial reports, unless protected by other federal or state law
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Amends Louisiana's Public Records Law (R.S. 44:3) governing what information prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies must release
Legislative Description
Provides relative to records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies and communications districts
PUBLIC RECORDS
Last Action
Effective date: 08/01/2025.
6/8/2025