SLS 20RS-432 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 243
BY SENATOR SMITH
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires a judge to keep a domestic abuse victim's address
confidential under certain circumstances. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2134(B), relative to domestic abuse; to provide information
3 to be included in the petition; to authorize the judge to seal the petitioner's address
4 under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 46:2134(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2134. Petition
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9 B. The address and parish of each petitioner and each person on whose behalf
10 the petition is filed may shall remain confidential with the court, unless the
11 petitioner remains in the marital domicile.
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13 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
14 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
15 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
16 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
17 effective on the day following such approval.
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SLS 20RS-432 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 243 Original 2020 Regular Session Smith
Present law provides that the address and parish of each petitioner and each person on whose
behalf the petition is filed may remain confidential with the court.
Proposed law requires that the address and parish of each petitioner and each person on
whose behalf the petition is filed remain confidential with the court, unless the petitioner
remains in the marital domicile.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 46:2134(B))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.