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HB 16 Reengrossed 2018 Regular Session Danahay
Abstract: Provides that the court shall take judicial notice of the laws of the United States, of every
state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States.
Present law (C.E. Art. 202(A)) provides that a court shall take judicial notice of the laws of the
United States, of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States, and of the
ordinances enacted by any political subdivision within the court's territorial jurisdiction whenever
certified copies of the ordinances have been filed with the clerk of that court.
Present law (C.C.P. Art. 1392) provides that printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to
be the statutes of any of the United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign jurisdiction,
and either printed and published by the authority of any such state, territory or foreign jurisdiction,
or proved to be commonly recognized in its courts, shall be received in the courts of this state as
prima facie evidence of such statutes.
Proposed law (C.C.P. Art. 1392) deletes the requirement of submitting printed books or pamphlets
in order for the court to recognize such statutes, and provides that the court shall take judicial notice
of the laws of the United States, of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States
pursuant to existing law C.E. Art. 202.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 1392)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Remove reference to "other" states' laws.