The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
Crowe (SB 308)
Proposed constitutional amendment provides that the people of Louisiana recognize the
fundamental rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children and that parents have the
right to direct and to make decisions regarding where and with whom the child shall reside, the
educational, moral, ethical, and religious training of the child, the medical, psychiatric, surgical,
and preventive health care of the child, and the discipline of the child.
Proposed constitutional amendment provides that the proposed constitutional amendment shall
not be interpreted to require a child to be returned to a parent if the child has been removed by a
court of competent jurisdiction for reasons of abuse or neglect committed by the parent.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
November 4, 2014.
(Adds Art. I, Sec. 28)