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LA SB165

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Miller

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds Lafourche Parish and the Seventeenth Judicial District to the River Parishes Juvenile Justice District, expanding the district to six parishes: Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist

  • Increases the board of commissioners from 10 to 14 members by adding appointments from Lafourche Parish's sheriff, the Seventeenth Judicial District's district attorney, and the Seventeenth Judicial District's chief judge

  • Reduces the number of commissioners appointed by the Twenty-Third Judicial District sheriffs from five to three, and by the St. Charles Parish sheriff from two to one

  • Changes the board's domicile from St. James Parish to Lafourche Parish

  • Requires the Lafourche Parish Council to submit a millage reduction proposal to voters on the same election date whenever the district presents a tax increase proposal to district electors

Legislative Description

Provides for the governance of the Juvenile Justice District and adds Lafourche Parish to the Juvenile Justice District. (8/1/25)

JUVENILES

Last Action

Effective date 8/1/2025.

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Administration of Criminal Justice5/14/2025
Judiciary B4/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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