Louisiana’s legislators have enacted 402 new laws. Twenty-nine of them concern the legal and penal system in particular.
House Bill (HB) 5/ Act 24 authorizes sheriffs and deputy sheriffs with at least 16 years of active service to purchase their service firearms upon retirement.
House Bill (HB) 55/ Act 26 prohibits certain sex offenders from using or accessing social networking websites, chat rooms, and peer-to-peer networks.
House Bill (HB) 187/ Act 30 exempts sex offenders from provision that provides, without charge, state identification cards to persons of certain age.
Senate Bill (SB) 18/ Act 41 provides relative to the chief of police in the town of Simmesport. (8/15/11)
House Bill (HB) 131/ Act 74 amends the crime of failure to register to include the failure to comply with sex offender drivers’ license and state identification card requirements.
House Bill (HB) 216/ Act 83 amends provisions of law regarding probable cause determinations.
House Bill (HB) 235/ Act 87 provides that the 24-hour stay following mistrial applies to writ application for review by all courts with appellate jurisdiction.
House Bill (HB) 264/ Act 91 creates the crime of unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of law enforcement badges.
Senate Bill (SB) 202/ Act 153 provides relative to the membership, duties and operations of the parole board and pardon board.
House Bill (HB) 14/ Act 159 provides relative to the carrying of weapons by federal judges.
House Bill (HB) 72/ Act 161 provides for the training of all chiefs of police.
House Bill (HB) 106/ Act 168 Requires reporting from providers of home incarceration or electronic monitoring services to DPS&C.
House Bill (HB) 414/ Act 186 revises and consolidates statutes providing for the diminution of sentence.
House Bill (HB) 111/ Act 218 provides with respect to court-ordered probation supervision fees.
House Bill (HB) 121/ Act 219 increases probation and parole fees by ten dollars.
House Bill (HB) 122/ Act 220 provides for the imposition of a fee to defray the cost of presentence investigations.
House Bill (HB) 116/ Act 250 prohibits the destruction of biological evidence collected pursuant to the investigation of certain criminal offenses.
House Bill (HB) 129/ Act 252 provides the La. Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions with access to criminal history information of bar examination applicants.
House Bill (HB) 138/ Act 253 provides with respect to eligibility for parole consideration for certain elderly inmates.
House Bill (HB) 285/ Act 262 increases the amount of monetary compensation for wrongful convictions.
House Bill (HB) 374/ Act 282 provides relative to the powers granted to elected police chiefs in municipalities governed by the Lawrason Act.
House Bill (HB) 392/ Act 283 provides with respect to criminal background checks for persons seeking employment.
House Bill (HB) 401/ Act 284 increases penalties for domestic abuse battery.
House Bill (HB) 416/ Act 285 amends timing of parole eligibility for certain offenders.
Senate Bill (SB) 182/ Act 312 prohibits any offender sentenced to the legal custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to establish an account on any Internet-based social networking website. (8/15/11)
Senate Bill (SB) 232/ Act 318 provides for registry and notification by sex offenders and a sexual assault task force.
House Bill (HB) 305/ Act 349 provides for the reduction of a defendant’s sentence for substantial assistance in an investigation.
House Bill (HB) 353/ Act 366 provides for a uniform fines and costs assessment form for criminal cases.
