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HB 748 Original 2016 Regular Session Ivey
Abstract: Provides that certain juvenile records be made available to the court and district
attorneys.
Present law provides for proceedings, records, and reports before juvenile courts to be confidential,
except for certain delinquency proceedings, child support proceedings, traffic violations in East
Baton Rouge Parish, and certain misdemeanor trials of adults.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the existence of a juvenile record involving a
delinquent act shall be made accessible to the district attorney or to the district court.
Proposed law further provides that the juvenile record shall not be used for the purposes of charging
an offender as an habitual offender or for the purposes of enhanced criminal penalties for any acts
committed as an adult.
(Adds Ch.C. Art. 412.2)