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LA HCR18
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mike Bayham
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AI Summary
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Creates an 11-member task force to study and evaluate stable and sufficient funding mechanisms for Louisiana's office of the state public defender
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Task force membership includes legislators from House and Senate committees on criminal justice, appropriations, judiciary, and finance, plus the state public defender, a Louisiana Supreme Court justice, a representative from the District Attorneys Association, and a gubernatorial appointee
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Initial meeting required no later than August 11, 2025, with a final report of findings and recommendations due by December 31, 2025
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Office of the state public defender must provide staff support to the task force
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Addresses constitutional right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment and Louisiana's 2007 Public Defender Act (R.S. 15:141 et seq.)
Legislative Description
Creates a task force to study funding mechanisms for the office of the state public defender
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
4/23/2025