HLS 16RS-387 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 146
BY REPRESENTATIVES MORENO AND EDMONDS
LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides a limitation of liability for certain persons mentoring an
offender on probation
1 AN ACT
2To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895(O), relative to limitations of liability for
3 court-approved mentors; to provide a limitation of liability to certain persons
4 mentoring offenders on probation; to provide a limitation of liability for the court,
5 and court officers, agents, and employees; to provide definitions; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895(O) is hereby enacted to read as
9follows:
10 Art. 895. Conditions of probation
11 * * *
12 O.(1) Any mentor of an offender on probation under the supervision of any
13 court division created pursuant to R.S. 13:5304, 5354, 5366, or 5401 shall not be
14 liable for any injury or loss caused or suffered by an offender, unless the injury or
15 loss was caused by the gross negligence or intentional acts of the mentor.
16 (2) Neither the court nor any officer, agent, or employee of the court shall
17 be liable for any injury or loss to the offender, the mentor, or any third party for the
18 actions of the mentor or the offender.
19 (3) As provided in this Subsection, "mentor" means a person approved by
20 the court who volunteers to provide support and personal, educational, rehabilitation,
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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HB NO. 146
1 and career guidance to the offender during probation and who has either completed
2 a court-approved mentor training program or who has successfully completed his
3 sentence pursuant to R.S. 13:5304, 5354, 5366, or 5401.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 146 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Moreno
Abstract: Provides a limitation of liability for specialty courts and any volunteer mentor
of an offender on probation under the supervision of any specialty court division.
Present law provides for conditions of probation, including the participation in certain
special programs offered during probation.
Present law provides for the creation of various special programs and divisions of court,
including the drug division (R.S. 13:5304), the mental health treatment program (R.S.
13:5354), the veterans court program (R.S. 13:5366), and the reentry division (R.S.13:5401).
Proposed law provides a limitation of liability for any mentor of an offender on probation
under the supervision of any court division created pursuant to present law, for any injury
or loss caused or suffered by an offender.
Proposed law provides a limitation of liability for the court and any officer, agent, or
employee of the court from liability for any injury or loss to the offender, the mentor, or any
third party for the actions of the mentor or the offender.
(Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 895(O))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to the original bill:
1. Deletes the proposed law reference to the offender being in the training program
for purposes of the limitation of liability.
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