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LA HB38

Bill

Status

Passed

6/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tony Bacala

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Governmental Affairs5/7/2025
House and Governmental Affairs3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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