Louisiana 2022 2022 1st Special Session

Louisiana House Bill HB17 Introduced / Bill

                    HLS 221ES-17	ORIGINAL
2022 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 17
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES:  Provides for nine election districts for the election of
justices to the supreme court (Item #6)
1	AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 13:101.2 and 101.3 and to repeal R.S. 13:101, 101.1, and 312.4, relative to the
3 supreme court; to provide relative to redistricting supreme court justice districts; to
4 provide for the filling of vacancies; to eliminate statutory provisions for a temporary
5 additional judgeship for the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit and such judge's
6 appointment to the supreme court; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1.  R.S. 13:101.2 and 101.3 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §101.2.  Supreme court districts; justices
10	The state shall be divided into nine supreme court districts.  The supreme
11 court shall be composed of one justice elected from each of the nine districts as set
12 forth below:
13	(1)  District 1 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,
15 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,
16 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87,
17 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 118, 119,
18 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125A, 125B, 126, 127, 128, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H,
19 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-KA, 6-KB, 7-KA, 7-KB, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K,
20 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K,
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HB NO. 17
1 34-K, and 35-K of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-17A,
2 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-12, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 7-41, 7-42, 17-17,
3 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19, and 17-20 of Orleans Parish; and St. Tammany Parish.
4	(2)  District 2 is composed of Bienville Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-3A,
5 1-3B, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-5A, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-11A, 2-12A,
6 2-12B, 2-12C, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17A, 2-17B, 2-18B, 2-18C, 2-18D, 2-18E,
7 2-18F, 2-18G, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21A, 2-21B, 2-21C, 2-21D, 2-22A, 2-22B, 2-22C, 2-23,
8 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1A, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-3C, 4-3D, 4-4A, 4-4B, 4-5A, 4-6A, 4-6B,
9 4-7A, 4-7B, 4-8A, 4-8B, 4-8C, 4-8D, 4-8E, 4-8G, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11A, 4-11B, and
10 4-11C of Bossier Parish; Precincts 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24,
11 26, 27, 48, 49, 56, 68, 72, 75, 76, 77, 82, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 107,
12 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 135, 136A,
13 136B, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157,
14 158, 160, 161, 165, and 166 of Caddo Parish; Caldwell Parish; Claiborne Parish;
15 Precincts 21 and 22 of DeSoto Parish; Precincts 3, 4, 5, 5A, 5B, 15, and 17 of East
16 Carroll Parish; Franklin Parish; Jackson Parish; Lincoln Parish; Morehouse Parish;
17 Precincts 1, 1A, 2, 4, 6, 7, 25, 26, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 44A, 45,
18 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51A, 52, 52A, 53, 54, 55, 56, 56A, 57, 58, 61, 64, 71, 75, 76,
19 77, and 78 of Ouachita Parish; Union Parish; Webster Parish; and West Carroll
20 Parish.
21	(3)  District 3 is composed of Acadia Parish; Calcasieu Parish; Cameron
22 Parish; Jefferson Davis Parish; and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
23 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
24 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60,
25 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83,
26 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,
27 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, and
28 128 of Lafayette Parish.
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1	(4)  District 4 is composed of Precincts 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 2-2A, 2-2B, 2-2C, 2-2D,
2 2-2F, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-4A, 2-7, 2-8, 3-1, 3-1B, 3-3, and 5-1A of Avoyelles Parish;
3 Precincts 2-6 and 2-8 of Bossier Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5A, 5B, 6, 7, 23, 25, 28,
4 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
5 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85,
6 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 99, 100, 105, 106, 111, 114, 122, 132, 162, and 163 of
7 Caddo Parish; Catahoula Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4,
8 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-2B, 5-3, 5-4, and 5-6 of Concordia Parish; Precincts 1,
9 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 42, 44, 46, 48, 49, 51,
10 53, 55, 56, 59, 60, and 63 of DeSoto Parish; Precincts 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18,
11 and 19 of East Carroll Parish; Grant Parish; LaSalle Parish; Madison Parish;
12 Natchitoches Parish; Precincts 3, 5, 8, 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
13 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 27A, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 65A, 66, 67, 68,
14 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, and 79 of Ouachita Parish; Precincts C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7,
15 C8, C9, C10, C11-A, C11-B, C13, C14, C15, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C24, C25,
16 C26, C27, C28, C38-A, C38-B, C39, C40, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N8, N20, N21,
17 S1, S2, S4, S5, S6A, S6B, S8, S9, and S15 of Rapides Parish; Red River Parish;
18 Richland Parish; Precincts 9-1, 9-2, and 9-3 of Sabine Parish; Tensas Parish; and
19 Winn Parish.
20	(5)  District 5 is composed of Allen Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 2-5, 2-5E, 4-1,
21 4-2, 4-2A, 5-1, 6-1A, 6-2, 6-2A, 7-1, 7-3, 7-3B, 8-1, 8-2A, 8-2B, 8-3, 8-3A, 9-1A,
22 9-2, 9-2A, 9-3, 9-4, 9-4B, 9-5B, 10-2, 10-2A, 10-3A, 10-4, 11-1, and 11-2A of
23 Avoyelles Parish; Beauregard Parish; Precinct 5-5 of Concordia Parish; Precincts
24 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-33, 3-1, 3-2, 3-6, 3-9, 3-14, 3-25, 3-26, 3-30, 3-37, 3-46, 3-58, and
25 3-61 of East Baton Rouge Parish; East Feliciana Parish; Evangeline Parish; Pointe
26 Coupee Parish; Precincts C22, C23, C30, C31, C32, C33, C34, C35, C36, C37-A,
27 C37-B, C41, C42, N7, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13-A, N13-B, N14-A, N14-B, N15,
28 N16, N17, N18-A, N18-B, N19, N22, N23, N24, N25, N26, N27, N28, N29, S7, S10,
29 S11, S13, S14, S16, S17, S18, S19, S20, S21, S22, S23, S24, S25, S26, S27, S28,
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HB NO. 17
1 and S29 of Rapides Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-2A, 2-3, 2-4, 2-4A,
2 2-5, 2-6, 2-6A, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6, 3-6A, 3-7, 3-7B, 3-7X, 4-1, 5-3, 5-5, 5-8, 5-8A, 6-2,
3 6-3, 6-4, 6-4A, 6-4B, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-1, 8-1A, and 8-2 of Sabine Parish;
4 St. Helena Parish; St. Landry Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28,
5 101, 102, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 106A, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111A, 112, 114, 115B,
6 116, 117, 118, and 119 of Tangipahoa Parish; Vernon Parish; Washington Parish;
7 and West Feliciana Parish.
8	(6)  District 6 is composed of Precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 7-3,
9 8-1, and 9-1 of Assumption Parish; Iberia Parish; Precincts 5, 25, 26, and 27 of
10 Iberville Parish; Precincts 198, 199, 246, 247, 248, 1-GI, and 1-L of Jefferson Parish;
11 Precincts 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 110, and 116 of Lafayette Parish; Lafourche Parish;
12 Plaquemines Parish; St. Bernard Parish; Precincts 2-5, 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3 of
13 St. Charles Parish; Precincts 17, 18, and 19 of St. James Parish; Precinct 1-1 of
14 St. John the Baptist Parish; St. Martin Parish; St. Mary Parish; Terrebonne Parish;
15 and Vermilion Parish.
16	(7)  District 7 is composed of Precincts 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136,
17 138, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A, 179B, 180, 181, 182, 183,
18 184, 185A, 185B, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193A, 193B, 194A, 194B, 195, 196, 197A,
19 197B, 200, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215,
20 216A, 216B, 216C, 217, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A, 232B, 234, 235,
21 236, 237, 238A, 238B, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G,
22 12-G, 13-G, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish and
23 Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 3-1, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15,
24 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10,
25 5-11, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10,
26 7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-20, 7-21, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25,
27 7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-32, 7-33, 7-35, 7-37, 7-37A,
28 7-40, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22,
29 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 8-28, 8-30, 9-1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10,
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1 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25, 9-26, 9-28, 9-28C,
2 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-31D, 9-32, 9-33, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A,
3 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A,
4 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-42, 9-42C, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G,
5 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D,
6 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q,
7 9-45, 9-45A, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3,
8 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3,
9 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17,
10 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12,
11 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9,
12 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-20,
13 14-21, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10,
14 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C,
15 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A,
16 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A,
17 15-19B, 15-19C, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-1,
18 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A,
19 17-14, 17-15, and 17-16 of Orleans Parish.
20	(8)  District 8 is composed of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3,
21 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, and 7-2 of Assumption Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4,
22 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20,
23 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37,
24 1-38, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-45, 1-46, 1-47, 1-48, 1-50, 1-51, 1-54,
25 1-56, 1-57, 1-58, 1-59, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-64, 1-65, 1-66, 1-67, 1-68, 1-69, 1-70,
26 1-73, 1-75, 1-76, 1-77, 1-78, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-85, 1-86, 1-88, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93,
27 1-94, 1-95, 1-97, 1-100, 1-101, 1-102, 1-104, 1-107, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10,
28 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24,
29 2-25, 2-26, 2-27, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, 2-37, 3-5, 3-8, 3-20,
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1 3-23, 3-24, 3-44, 3-50, 3-54, 3-55, 3-56, 3-57, 3-63, 3-65, 3-69, and 3-70 of East
2 Baton Rouge Parish; Precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13C, 14, 14A, 15, 15B,
3 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, and 32 of Iberville Parish; Precincts
4 104, 108, 115, 116, 117, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 187, 188,
5 201, 13-KB, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 29-K, 30-K, 31-K, and 33-K of
6 Jefferson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 3-1, 3-2,
7 3-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of
8 St. Charles Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of
9 St. James Parish; Precincts 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 4-1,
10 4-2, 4-3, 4-13, 4-14, 5-1, 5-4, 5-7, 5-8, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-2, 7-3, 7-5, and 7-7 of St. John
11 the Baptist Parish; and West Baton Rouge Parish.
12	(9)  District 9 is composed of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-9, 1-33, 1-34,
13 1-35, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53, 1-55, 1-60, 1-71, 1-72, 1-74, 1-79, 1-80, 1-81, 1-87, 1-89,
14 1-90, 1-98, 1-99, 1-103, 1-105, 3-3, 3-4, 3-7, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17,
15 3-18, 3-19, 3-21, 3-22, 3-27, 3-28, 3-29, 3-31, 3-32, 3-33, 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-38,
16 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-43, 3-45, 3-47, 3-48, 3-49, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53, 3-59, 3-60, 3-62,
17 3-64, 3-66, 3-67, 3-68, 3-71, and 3-72 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Livingston
18 Parish; and Precincts 33, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 44, 45, 45A, 46, 47, 48, 49, 70,
19 70A, 71, 72, 72A, 73, 74, 120, 120A, 120B, 121, 121A, 122, 122A, 122B, 123, 124,
20 124A, 125, 127, 127A, 129, 129A, 133, 133A, 137, 137A, 137B, 137C, 137D, 139,
21 141, 141A, 143, 143A, 145, 147, 149, 149A, and 151 of Tangipahoa Parish.
22 §101.3.  Assignment of districts; vacancies, elections; redistricting
23	A.  Each justice of the supreme court in office on the effective date of this
24 Section shall be the justice for the district having the same designation as the district
25 from which the justice was elected and shall complete the term for which he was
26 elected.
27	B.  The successor to the office of justice of the supreme court shall be elected
28 from the district assigned to that office as provided by Subsection A of this Section. 
29 The election shall be from the district composed as provided by R.S. 13:101.2.
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HB NO. 17
1Section 2.  R.S. 13:101, 101.1, and 312.4 are hereby repealed.
2 Section 3.(A)  The precincts referenced in this Act are those precincts identified as
3Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2020 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the
4State of Louisiana as validated through the data verification program of the Louisiana House
5of Representatives and the Louisiana Senate and available on the legislature's website on the
6effective date of this Section.
7 (B)  When a precinct referenced in this Act has been subdivided by action of the
8parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish
9governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with the provisions of R.S.
1018:532.1, the enumeration in this Act of the general precinct designation shall include all
11nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be
12designated.
13 (C)  The territorial limits of the districts as provided in this Act shall continue in
14effect until changed by law regardless of any subsequent change made to the precincts by
15the parish governing authority.
16 Section 4.(A)  The initial terms of office of supreme court justices to be elected from
17Districts 8 and 9 as provided for in Section 1 of this Act shall begin on January 1, 2023.
18 (B)  The initial term of office of the justice elected from District 8 shall end on
19January 1, 2033, and the initial term of office of the justice elected from District 9 shall end
20on January 1, 2025.
21 Section 5.  This Act shall take effect and become operative if and when the proposed
22amendment of Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in the Act which
23originated as House Bill No. 13 of this 2022 First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature
24is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective.
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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 17 Original 2022 First Extraordinary Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Provides for the redistricting of the state's supreme court and provides for the
composition of nine supreme court districts.  Effective if and when the proposed
amendment of Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in the Act which
originated as House Bill No. 13 of this 2022 1st E.S. is adopted at a statewide
election and becomes effective.
Statistical summaries of proposed law including maps illustrating proposed districtboundaries accompany this digest.  (Attached to the bill version on the internet.)
Present constitution (Const. Art. V, §3) provides the supreme court must be composed of achief justice and six associate justices.
Proposed constitution (House Bill No. 13) provides the supreme court must be composed ofa chief justice and eight associate justices.
Present constitution (Const. Art. V, §4) provides the state must be divided into at least sixsupreme court districts, and at least one judge shall be elected from each.  Further providesthe districts and the number of judges assigned to each on the effective date of thisconstitution are retained, subject to change by law enacted by two-thirds of the electedmembers of each house of the legislature.
Proposed constitution (House Bill No. 13) provides that the state must be divided into at
least nine supreme court districts and otherwise retains present constitution.
Proposed law redraws district boundaries for nine supreme court districts.
Proposed law provides the proposed districts are effective for all purposes if and when the
proposed constitution is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective.
Proposed law repeals present law that provides for an additional judgeship for the Court ofAppeals for the Fourth Circuit who is assigned to the La. Supreme Court.
Proposed law specifies that precincts referenced in district descriptions are those precinctsidentified as Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2020 Census Redistricting TIGER/LineShapefiles for the state of La. as validated through the data verification program of the La.legislature.  Also specifies that if any such precinct has been subdivided by action of theparish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish
governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with present law, the enumerationof the general precinct designation shall include all nongeographic and all geographicsubdivisions thereof.  Further provides that the territorial limits of the districts as enactedshall continue in effect until changed by law regardless of any subsequent change made tothe precincts by the parish governing authority.
Population data in the summaries accompanying this digest are derived from 2020 Census
Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171), Summary File for Louisiana. Population data,
statistical information, and maps are supplied for purposes of information and analysis and
comprise no part of proposed law.
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HB NO. 17
Proposed law provides that the initial terms of office of supreme court justices to be elected
from Districts 8 and 9 shall begin on Jan. 1, 2023.
Proposed law provides that the initial term of office of the justice elected from District 8shall end on Jan. 1, 2033, and the initial term of office of the justice elected from District 9shall end on Jan. 1, 2025.
Effective if and when the proposed amendment of Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana
contained in the Act which originated as House Bill No. 13 of this 2022 1st E.S. is adopted
at a statewide election and becomes effective.
(Adds R.S. 13:101.2 and 101.3; Repeals R.S. 13:101, 101.1, and 312.4)
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are additions. 513,838District 1	1	517,528	-3,690	-0.713%
540,885District 2	1	517,528	23,357	4.513%
532,839District 3	1	517,528	15,311	2.958%
462,059District 4	1	517,528	-55,469	-10.718%
527,418District 5	1	517,528	9,890	1.911%
559,257District 6	1	517,528	41,729	8.063%
518,734District 7	1	517,528	1,206	0.233%
481,847District 8	1	517,528	-35,681	-6.895%
520,880District 9	1	517,528	3,352	0.648%
Plan: HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original
Plan Statistics
Districts:	Relative DeviationAbsolute Deviation# of Members Actual PopulationIdeal Population
Grand Total:	9 4,657,757 4,657,752
Ideal Population Per Member:
Number of Districts for Plan Type:
Absolute Mean Deviation:
Range of District Populations:
Absolute Overall Range:
Absolute Range:
Relative Overall Range:
Relative Range:
Relative Mean Deviation:
Ideal - Actual:
Unassigned Population:
Remainder:
517528
9
462,059
10,800
-55,469
97,198
4.07%
-10.72%
18.78%
to
to
to
559,257
41,729
8.06%
-5
5
0 District 1	68,880 18,080 9,766 56,381513,838 360,731	68,703 401,164	40,6597,26813,32948,821291,087	48,644
13.405% 3.519% 1.901% 10.973%100.000% 70.203%	13.371% 100.000%	12.170%72.561%	3.323% 1.812% 10.135% 12.126%
District 2	141,452 9,821 11,156 20,240540,885 358,216	23,694 417,112	13,9158,5437,123102,946284,585	15,708
26.152% 1.816% 2.063% 3.742%100.000% 66.228%	4.381% 100.000%	24.681%68.227%	1.708% 2.048% 3.336% 3.766%
District 3	137,839 10,885 7,538 24,274532,839 352,303	28,747 403,430	16,6645,5527,88996,969276,356	19,235
25.869% 2.043% 1.415% 4.556%100.000% 66.118%	5.395% 100.000%	24.036%68.502%	1.955% 1.376% 4.131% 4.768%
District 4	254,436 4,410 7,004 13,282462,059 182,927	16,513 351,235	10,3725,3573,496182,876149,134	12,582
55.066% 0.954% 1.516% 2.875%100.000% 39.590%	3.574% 100.000%	52.067%42.460%	0.995% 1.525% 2.953% 3.582%
District 5	138,824 6,146 12,481 17,692527,418 352,275	22,559 402,699	12,7839,1924,50099,632276,592	15,941
26.321% 1.165% 2.366% 3.354%100.000% 66.792%	4.277% 100.000%	24.741%68.685%	1.117% 2.283% 3.174% 3.959%
District 6	129,244 11,835 19,335 30,545559,257 368,298	36,852 421,327	20,70013,2258,39389,287289,722	24,257
23.110% 2.116% 3.457% 5.462%100.000% 65.855%	6.589% 100.000%	21.192%68.764%	1.992% 3.139% 4.913% 5.757%
District 7	286,073 21,829 6,260 39,582518,734 164,990	53,435 409,151	28,4724,95317,604215,022143,100	38,368
55.148% 4.208% 1.207% 7.631%100.000% 31.806%	10.301% 100.000%	52.553%34.975%	4.303% 1.211% 6.959% 9.377%
District 8	268,781 9,952 4,597 27,162481,847 171,355	33,636 371,485	19,2963,5057,796198,850142,038	23,541
55.781% 2.065% 0.954% 5.637%100.000% 35.562%	6.981% 100.000%	53.528%38.235%	2.099% 0.944% 5.194% 6.337%
District 9	117,590 14,330 8,923 33,480520,880 346,557	38,410 392,945	22,7516,64510,28681,366271,897	25,386
22.575% 2.751% 1.713% 6.428%100.000% 66.533%	7.374% 100.000%	20.707%69.195%	2.618% 1.691% 5.790% 6.460%
Plan: HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original
Total Population
Total
Population	VAP Total
Total
Hispanic
Total
Other
Total
American
Indian
Total
Asian
Total
White
Total
Black	VAP White VAP Black VAP Asian
VAP
American
Indian VAP Other
VAP
Hispanic
Total
Grand Total	1,543,119 107,288 87,060 262,6384,657,757 2,657,652	322,549 3,570,548	185,61264,24080,4161,115,7692,124,511	223,662
33.130% 2.303% 1.869% 5.639%100.000% 57.059%	6.925% 100.000%	5.198%1.799%2.252%31.249%59.501%	6.264% District 1	33,397 31,769 84,565 148,554333,648 268,482	100,529
10.010% 9.522% 25.346% 44.524%83.170% 80.469%	30.130%
District 2	77,530 12,901 102,253 147,933334,017 243,586	83,831
23.211% 3.862% 30.613% 44.289%80.078% 72.926%	25.098%
District 3	73,876 14,284 110,781 123,347323,815 235,655	89,687
22.814% 4.411% 34.211% 38.092%80.265% 72.775%	27.697%
District 4	154,335 9,279 149,988 70,254288,188 124,574	67,946
53.554% 3.220% 52.045% 24.378%82.050% 43.227%	23.577%
District 5	82,729 11,899 124,878 123,202326,754 232,126	78,674
25.318% 3.642% 38.218% 37.705%81.141% 71.040%	24.077%
District 6	71,219 17,820 120,187 127,822343,053 254,014	95,044
20.760% 5.195% 35.035% 37.260%81.422% 74.045%	27.705%
District 7	179,910 33,606 203,815 37,910329,731 116,215	88,006
54.563% 10.192% 61.813% 11.497%80.589% 35.245%	26.690%
District 8	171,081 14,664 171,561 56,928300,284 114,539	71,795
56.973% 4.883% 57.133% 18.958%80.833% 38.144%	23.909%
District 9	58,671 17,387 92,976 132,830314,856 238,798	89,050
18.634% 5.522% 29.530% 42.188%80.127% 75.844%	28.283%
Plan: HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original
Voter Registration
Reg Total
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Reg Other
Total
Dec 2021
Reg Rep
Total
Dec 2021
Reg Dem
Total
Dec 2021
Reg Other
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Reg White
Dec 2021
Reg Black
Dec 2021
Grand Total	902,748 163,609 1,161,004 968,7802,894,346 1,827,989	764,562 District 1
*Jefferson	28,628 11,152 3,780 36,378221,854 141,916	177,449 118,827	135,28626,4922,8548,41420,862	11,315105,909	18,062
*Orleans	1,609 1,154 326 2,15127,414 22,174	21,487 17,639	19,5831,5572538401,198	94016,849	1,794
St. Tammany	38,643 5,774 5,660 17,852264,570 196,641	202,228 154,621	178,77912,6104,1614,07526,761	21,142145,724	11,913
*Tangipahoa	0 0 0 00 0	0 0	00000	00	0
District 1	68,880 18,080 9,766 56,381513,838 360,731	401,164 291,087	333,64840,6597,26813,32948,821	268,482 33,397 31,769
13.405% 3.519% 1.901% 10.973%100.000% 70.203%	100.000% 72.561%	83.170%10.135%1.812%3.323%12.170%	80.469% 10.010% 9.522%
District 2
Bienville	5,600 57 207 16712,981 6,950	10,073 5,486	8,847111162304,284	3,9174,843	87
*Bossier	30,357 3,448 3,236 8,165125,814 80,608	93,880 62,555	68,7085,4312,4452,41321,036	14,08150,653	3,974
*Caddo	24,149 3,145 2,520 4,138110,683 76,731	86,909 62,411	73,0242,9431,9122,31317,330	13,55855,444	4,022
Caldwell	1,632 51 150 1669,645 7,646	7,478 5,969	6,031123116461,224	8185,124	89
Claiborne	6,360 88 185 27414,170 7,263	11,507 6,258	8,598230140554,824	3,8204,632	146
*De Soto	192 2 94 621,694 1,344	1,288 1,026	1,04844761141	118897	33
*East Carroll	226 5 4 19537 283	432 230	3421234183	160176	6
Franklin	6,802 70 205 20519,774 12,492	15,028 9,901	13,159151153444,779	4,0349,015	110
Jackson	4,166 175 255 46815,031 9,967	11,783 7,967	9,4493771741403,125	2,6106,647	192
Lincoln	19,364 892 662 1,44448,396 26,034	38,655 21,306	25,64996052674415,119	9,01615,672	961
Morehouse	12,484 160 370 33425,629 12,281	20,062 10,095	16,9222712791179,300	8,1318,505	286
*Ouachita	10,792 1,431 2,063 2,89288,706 71,528	67,100 55,207	57,2442,0151,6091,0037,266	5,19650,061	1,987
Union	5,224 62 338 1,02321,107 14,460	16,632 11,807	15,221671254393,861	3,69211,066	463
Webster	12,679 208 687 65836,967 22,735	28,753 18,144	22,7374335581549,464	7,33914,938	460
West Carroll	1,425 27 180 2259,751 7,894	7,532 6,223	7,038143136201,010	1,0405,913	85
District 2	141,452 9,821 11,156 20,240540,885 358,216	417,112 284,585	334,01713,9158,5437,123102,946	243,586 77,530 12,901
26.152% 1.816% 2.063% 3.742%100.000% 66.228%	100.000% 68.227%	80.078%3.336%2.048%1.708%24.681%	72.926% 23.211% 3.862%
District 3
Acadia	10,864 238 573 1,42157,576 44,480	42,943 34,071	37,6789164001737,383	6,40730,555	716
Calcasieu	59,386 4,702 3,536 9,389216,785 139,772	163,166 108,789	120,5116,5162,6043,35941,898	29,51385,659	5,339
Cameron	125 30 75 1555,617 5,232	4,358 4,100	4,789109472379	884,610	91
Jefferson Davis	5,837 183 472 69232,250 25,066	24,039 19,121	20,0134763251114,006	3,20216,350	461
*Lafayette	61,627 5,732 2,882 12,617220,611 137,753	168,924 110,275	140,8248,6472,1764,22343,603	34,66698,481	7,677
District 3	137,839 10,885 7,538 24,274532,839 352,303	403,430 276,356	323,81516,6645,5527,88996,969	235,655 73,876 14,284
25.869% 2.043% 1.415% 4.556%100.000% 66.118%	100.000% 68.502%	80.265%4.131%1.376%1.955%24.036%	72.775% 22.814% 4.411%
District 4
*Avoyelles	4,793 88 308 16213,163 7,812	10,098 6,279	8,219134210723,403	2,8125,144	263
*Bossier	2,194 44 37 2132,932 444	1,996 376	1,03514932351,404	757208	70
Plan: HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original
Splits
Total
Population	VAP WhiteVAP Total
Total
Other
Total
American
Indian
Total
Asian
Total
White
Total
Black	VAP Black VAP Asian
VAP
American
Indian VAP Other
Reg Total
Dec 2021
Reg White
Dec 2021
Reg Black
Dec 2021
Reg Other
Dec 2021 District 4
*Caddo	95,155 889 1,320 3,075127,165 26,726	95,498 22,648	78,2722,0801,04669569,029	57,69117,669	2,912
Catahoula	2,395 46 119 5708,906 5,776	6,951 4,557	6,46753887331,736	1,7704,639	58
*Concordia	7,714 122 212 32817,885 9,509	13,596 7,508	11,4422281531005,607	4,5366,708	198
*De Soto	9,781 115 646 63625,118 13,940	19,152 10,883	17,665419481857,284	6,69210,433	540
*East Carroll	5,046 24 39 426,922 1,771	5,469 1,543	4,3672724153,860	3,1991,130	38
Grant	3,335 133 644 34822,169 17,709	17,527 13,964	12,688242507972,717	1,17611,174	338
La Salle	1,422 283 372 1,36614,791 11,348	11,563 8,636	8,7921,3272712641,065	6377,978	177
Madison	6,363 20 59 10010,017 3,475	7,435 2,906	7,278814894,391	4,6742,494	110
Natchitoches	15,725 255 861 1,31337,515 19,361	29,349 16,010	23,1071,04368319811,415	9,22412,850	1,033
*Ouachita	50,425 1,357 598 2,26571,662 17,017	53,100 14,767	42,5081,7444501,11535,024	30,46210,454	1,592
*Rapides	32,944 684 970 1,39556,506 20,513	42,986 17,086	34,0201,08575552423,536	18,82313,760	1,437
Red River	3,106 25 171 1237,620 4,195	5,714 3,338	5,6319311632,164	2,4183,130	83
Richland	7,603 83 258 31420,043 11,785	15,383 9,338	13,662230203665,546	4,9618,470	231
*Sabine	396 9 101 291,743 1,208	1,277 917	1,17424613272	294842	38
Tensas	2,312 23 26 424,147 1,744	3,235 1,446	3,4552623121,728	1,9171,503	35
Winn	3,727 210 263 96113,755 8,594	10,906 6,932	8,4069022071702,695	2,2925,988	126
District 4	254,436 4,410 7,004 13,282462,059 182,927	351,235 149,134	288,18810,3725,3573,496182,876	124,574 154,335 9,279
55.066% 0.954% 1.516% 2.875%100.000% 39.590%	100.000% 42.460%	82.050%2.953%1.525%0.995%52.067%	43.227% 53.554% 3.220%
District 5
Allen	4,490 246 947 74022,750 16,327	17,510 12,751	12,2016566461823,275	2,2179,478	506
*Avoyelles	6,885 346 459 1,02726,530 17,813	20,480 13,990	15,2079153603074,908	3,48211,390	335
Beauregard	4,649 402 1,052 91736,549 29,529	27,489 22,304	22,2946487732693,495	2,36918,771	1,154
*Concordia	11 0 21	4802 766	621 600	52211406	4514	4
*East Baton Rouge	4,977 367 658 1,40734,390 26,981	26,030 20,932	23,8409375122423,407	3,04120,124	675
East Feliciana	7,341 91 262 32919,539 11,516	16,183 9,740	13,600266198615,918	5,1867,959	455
Evangeline	9,235 241 280 1,24032,350 21,354	24,408 16,460	20,5531,0612171876,483	5,64314,566	344
Pointe Coupee	7,504 107 159 59320,758 12,395	16,250 10,108	14,675430119915,502	5,1219,320	234
*Rapides	9,648 1,744 2,132 2,99673,517 56,997	55,806 44,287	46,1562,0091,5791,2626,669	4,95239,072	2,132
*Sabine	3,465 85 2,622 41220,412 13,828	15,787 11,137	13,3732951,909632,383	1,89010,181	1,302
St. Helena	6,031 39 134 18910,920 4,527	8,463 3,805	8,321150109284,371	4,5653,628	128
St. Landry	35,836 499 636 1,95882,540 43,611	61,811 34,209	54,4821,30145135325,497	23,00530,093	1,384
*Tangipahoa	13,967 232 558 1,36336,838 20,718	27,866 16,478	22,4769054101719,902	7,96113,921	594
Vernon	7,611 1,442 1,600 3,01048,750 35,087	36,261 26,765	24,0602,1291,1601,0745,133	3,01119,182	1,867
Washington	13,434 216 736 1,13445,463 29,943	34,951 23,743	27,5877615611549,732	8,10218,835	650
West Feliciana	3,740 89 225 37315,310 10,883	12,783 9,283	7,407319174562,951	2,1805,092	135
Plan: HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original
Splits
Total
Population	VAP WhiteVAP Total
Total
Other
Total
American
Indian
Total
Asian
Total
White
Total
Black	VAP Black VAP Asian
VAP
American
Indian VAP Other
Reg Total
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Reg White
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Reg Black
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Reg Other
Dec 2021 District 5	138,824 6,146 12,481 17,692527,418 352,275	402,699 276,592	326,75412,7839,1924,50099,632	232,126 82,729 11,899
26.321% 1.165% 2.366% 3.354%100.000% 66.792%	100.000% 68.685%	81.141%3.174%2.283%1.117%24.741%	71.040% 25.318% 3.642%
District 6
*Assumption	627 53 172 47410,120 8,794	8,013 7,117	6,61131112837420	3296,158	124
Iberia	24,556 2,123 794 3,25069,929 39,206	52,791 31,295	44,5262,2845811,56217,069	14,35228,287	1,887
*Iberville	59 5 54 573,203 3,028	2,612 2,480	2,3064646436	212,240	45
*Jefferson	1,258 481 415 71010,523 7,659	8,053 6,009	7,145504299359882	7865,807	552
*Lafayette	3,509 722 328 97321,142 15,610	14,951 11,333	12,6696522114412,314	1,81510,164	690
Lafourche	15,855 1,025 4,224 4,74397,557 71,710	74,619 56,838	58,2783,1892,77773811,077	7,16448,467	2,647
Plaquemines	5,428 1,317 697 1,78623,515 14,287	17,334 10,856	13,9081,1965009253,857	3,1349,513	1,261
St. Bernard	12,309 1,381 947 4,63043,764 24,497	31,775 18,992	25,6533,1696889827,944	5,49718,233	1,923
*St. Charles	623 97 204 3027,764 6,538	5,826 5,017	5,44821214762388	3654,877	206
*St. James	1,132 9 23 773,403 2,162	2,725 1,762	2,57051177888	9241,604	42
*St. John the
Baptist
19 0 8 10225 188	186 157	12067016	0118	2
St. Martin	15,921 597 539 1,45151,767 33,259	39,404 26,278	35,1201,01341340711,293	10,38123,934	805
St. Mary	15,991 835 1,670 3,96149,406 26,949	37,521 21,594	30,2102,6411,17359311,520	9,89118,712	1,607
Terrebonne	23,147 1,743 8,637 6,119109,580 69,934	82,505 55,631	61,7204,0895,7501,23915,796	11,56645,395	4,759
Vermilion	8,810 1,447 623 2,00257,359 44,477	43,012 34,363	36,7691,3374881,0375,787	4,99430,505	1,270
District 6	129,244 11,835 19,335 30,545559,257 368,298	421,327 289,722	343,05320,70013,2258,39389,287	254,014 71,219 17,820
23.110% 2.116% 3.457% 5.462%100.000% 65.855%	100.000% 68.764%	81.422%4.913%3.139%1.992%21.192%	74.045% 20.760% 5.195%
District 7
*Jefferson	68,713 10,127 2,920 19,689162,151 60,702	124,442 50,487	93,07013,6212,2587,92450,152	39,32541,078	12,667
*Orleans	217,360 11,702 3,340 19,893356,583 104,288	284,709 92,613	236,66114,8512,6959,680164,870	140,58575,137	20,939
District 7	286,073 21,829 6,260 39,582518,734 164,990	409,151 143,100	329,73128,4724,95317,604215,022	116,215 179,910 33,606
55.148% 4.208% 1.207% 7.631%100.000% 31.806%	100.000% 34.975%	80.589%6.959%1.211%4.303%52.553%	35.245% 54.563% 10.192%
District 8
*Assumption	5,593 43 86 26910,919 4,928	8,603 4,028	7,82819969204,287	4,1813,542	105
*East Baton Rouge	163,617 6,967 2,157 12,726266,612 81,145	207,360 69,347	158,8339,0851,7085,613121,607	99,76651,163	7,904
*Iberville	13,671 197 220 1,14527,038 11,805	21,474 9,982	18,15697617514510,196	9,8767,892	388
*Jefferson	27,618 1,264 571 6,14246,253 10,658	34,710 8,812	27,6004,20042499520,279	18,1506,822	2,628
*St. Charles	13,305 740 721 3,00744,785 27,012	33,715 21,137	29,5372,0895204679,502	8,43219,432	1,673
*St. James	8,630 51 59 23816,789 7,811	12,780 6,121	12,39617947246,409	6,5775,650	169
*St. John the
Baptist
25,177 403 457 2,52642,252 13,689	32,317 11,465	28,7931,76534332318,421	17,23410,101	1,458
West Baton Rouge	11,170 287 326 1,10927,199 14,307	20,526 11,146	17,1418032192098,149	6,8659,937	339
Plan: HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original
Splits
Total
Population	VAP WhiteVAP Total
Total
Other
Total
American
Indian
Total
Asian
Total
White
Total
Black	VAP Black VAP Asian
VAP
American
Indian VAP Other
Reg Total
Dec 2021
Reg White
Dec 2021
Reg Black
Dec 2021
Reg Other
Dec 2021 District 8	268,781 9,952 4,597 27,162481,847 171,355	371,485 142,038	300,28419,2963,5057,796198,850	114,539 171,081 14,664
55.781% 2.065% 0.954% 5.637%100.000% 35.562%	100.000% 38.235%	80.833%5.194%0.944%2.099%53.528%	38.144% 56.973% 4.883%
District 9
Ascension	32,216 2,300 2,004 8,839126,500 81,141	91,957 61,136	79,9175,7781,3901,51422,139	18,81456,800	4,303
*East Baton Rouge	44,804 9,091 1,912 12,029155,779 87,943	122,222 73,602	96,5918,5731,5276,74431,776	21,86866,945	7,778
Livingston	12,658 1,697 3,111 7,961142,282 116,855	105,141 88,432	84,5685,1632,3111,0998,136	5,42576,062	3,081
*Tangipahoa	27,912 1,242 1,896 4,65196,319 60,618	73,625 48,727	53,7803,2371,41792919,315	12,56438,991	2,225
District 9	117,590 14,330 8,923 33,480520,880 346,557	392,945 271,897	314,85622,7516,64510,28681,366	238,798 58,671 17,387
22.575% 2.751% 1.713% 6.428%100.000% 66.533%	100.000% 69.195%	80.127%5.790%1.691%2.618%20.707%	75.844% 18.634% 5.522%
Plan: HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original
Splits
Total
Population	VAP WhiteVAP Total
Total
Other
Total
American
Indian
Total
Asian
Total
White
Total
Black	VAP Black VAP Asian
VAP
American
Indian VAP Other
Reg Total
Dec 2021
Reg White
Dec 2021
Reg Black
Dec 2021
Reg Other
Dec 2021 Cameron
Plaquem ines
St. Bernard
Terrebonne
Vernon
Winn
Vermilion
Iberia
Rapides
Lafourche
Union
Sabine
Caddo
Allen
St. Mary
Bossier
Calcasieu
De Soto
Grant
Natchitoches
Beauregard
Bienville
St. Landry
Avoyelles
Acadia
St. Tam many
EBR
Tensas
Claiborne
Iberville
La Salle
Franklin
Madison
Morehouse
Tangipahoa
Concordia
Webster
Catahoula
Ouachita
Jackson
Livingston
Jeff Davis
Richland
Lincoln
Caldwell
St. Martin
Evangeline
Washington
E Carroll
St. John
Orleans
Pointe Coupee
E Feliciana
Red River
St. Helena
W Carroll
W Feliciana
St. Charles
WBR
Assumption
AscensionLafayette
St. James
St. Martin
!
6
!
5
!
4
!
2
!
3
!
8
!
9 !
1
!
7
HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original 
Statewide Caddo
Bossier
De Soto
Webster
Red River
Bienville
4-9
43
33
41
127
139
140
23
31
35
132
4-1
4-2
4-4
105
133
3-1
21
5-2
32
2-15
4-3A
134
15
4-2
163
4-1A
4-5A
26
162
136B
125
136A
30
34
135
16
1
40
16
4-8B
39
88
81
122
137
11
77
18
4-7B
2-22C
4-6B
4-7A
2
2-3
4-3C
85
123
87
165
2-22A
83
66
109
47
2-18F
2-18D
104
22
55
61
42
95
4-8E
2-21B
4-4B	4-6A
2-6
4-8A
5B
69
107
142
110
4-3D
73
11
79
126
161
2-21C
4-4A
84
158
2-21A
128
166
160
4-3B
143
106
2-1
4-11A
5A
32
6
97
4-8C
129
2-18E
4
94
4-1
1-4
38
78
30
114
49
100
75
25
22
62
64
2-19
7
29
65
89
90
63
51
82
72
93
57
138
13
91
56
2-18B
4-11C
157
2-22B
2-17A
36
45
70
2-18C
46
52
37
108
59
9
24
23
2-2
31
34
68
3
4-11B
2-9
40
2-18G
27
9817
34
43
2-13
35
11
2-7
92
14
53
54
12
60
2-11
2-5A
50
103
20
2126
74
!
2
!
4
HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original 
Shreveport Area Winn
Union
Tensas
Franklin
Madison
Morehouse
Ouachita
Jackson
Richland
Lincoln
Caldwell
Grant
La Salle
E Carroll
Catahoula
W Carroll
Claiborne
Bienville
Concordia
1
1
8
6
3
4
2
3
10
1
5
24
25
7
2
42
17
2
48
5
2
1
506
4
2
1
8-2
7
6
53
5
45
6-6
19
2
167
3
6
1-1
40
5-5
19
3-2
58
5
48
27
10
3-1
3
5-1
2
4
1-3
7-4
6-3
1-3
4
23
31
27
4
5-1
25
7-7
4-5
32
10
6-1
2-2
6
10
18
2-2
30
16
17
28
3-1
55
11
3-4
1-2
31
1-3
1-3
4-3
57
4-5
10
9
1-1
9
7-1
25
7-3
11
8-2
3-3
8-3
21
8
33
3-1
23
15
12
8-1
4-21-1
9
18
9
29
7-2
20
7-1A
12
6-1
3-2
22
13
5-3
11
11
1-2
5-2
3
2-5
4-1
17
7-1
54
31
2-1
2-2
1-2
1-4
4-3
3-2
21
5-1
7
4-3
15
19
5-2
1-3
7-3
11
1-2
4-2
1
6
8
14
9-1
3A
16
9A
50
17
5-4
35
28
8-4
4-2
5-3
4-4
26
25
14
13
27
35
53
10
3
7-2
1A
4
1
3-2
1-5
32
5-3
10A
6-2
56
81
41
2B
52
5-1
22
4-24-3
5-19-3
22
8
1-2
31
7-2
7-1
18
12A
3-1
13
1-2
9-2
2-4
43
51
5B
1-3
4
8-5
2C
3-3
25
30
15
7-2A
8
5A
20
26-1
8A
2-3
23
70
52A
20
2-5
51A
24
6-1
9
23
7-2
2-1
7
26
3-2A
2
21
17
2-1
27
49
2-2
11-2
2-2
12
5-3
3-2
8-2
9-4
33
8-7
6-3
45
22
37
10-3
39-1
56A
13
15
9-4
4-1
7
7-2
9-1
12
3
4-5
13A
47
!
2
!
4
HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original 
Northeast Vernon
Winn
Rapides
Sabine
Allen
Grant
Natchitoches
Beauregard
Avoyelles
St. Landry
Tensas
La Salle
Concordia
Catahoula
De Soto
Franklin
Caldwell
Evangeline
EBR
Pointe Coupee
Red River
W Feliciana
Jackson
Bienville
WBR
Acadia
E Feliciana
Jeff Davis
Madison
Iberville
Richland
Calcasieu
Caddo
!
5
!
4
!
2
!
8
!
3	!
6
!
6 !
9
HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original 
Central EBR
Iberville
Livingston
Tangipahoa
St. John
WBR
Iberia
Ascension
Pointe Coupee
St. James
St. Martin
St. Helena
E Feliciana
Assumption
St. Charles
W Feliciana
St. Martin
St. Mary
6
4
31
2
5
9-1
1
4
27
5
13
5
4
22
7
6
16
25
15
3-1
11
3
35
6
3
13
17
8
1-1
9
6B
4-1
2
7
4
14
21
2-6
151
4
13
8
5-4
2-5
19
9
18
6
1
17
9
2-1
6A
3
18
16
4
10
1-2
22
149A
4-1
36
40
118
5-1
10
38
45
11
7-1
18
3
14
2-7
20
1
2-1
5-3
28
110
7
2-3
28
22
23
9-1
8-1
114
19
10
20
53
4-13
1-3
5
6-2
112
11
1-1
20
6-1
5-5
9-2
24
116
39
106
120A
5
19A
19
15
7
15
22
7-2
1
32
108
117
6
107
6-2
18
16
2
5
1C
17
106A
16
12
3-2
120
6-4
8A
50
12
6
11
2-8
2-1
44
109
9
21A
9
1-2
43
5-2
12
4
123
17
27
13A
11A
8
4
1A
21
122
1-3
2-26
8B
6
2-2
3-50
3
3-47
26
66
6-1
1-2
1
1477
119
19
2-37
3
24
8
1-1
6-1
3-1
8	17
3-56
27
121A
43
2-21
105
111A
6-2
2-28
14
7-3
55
3A
765
34
2-2
18
26
9
2
2-35
3-6
5B
13B
149
8
2-6
1
2-15
3-9
36A
2-5
44
16
125
11
29
5A
6-5
10
2-32
3-30
39
143
15
4A
2-14
2-13
2-3
33
13
124
4-2
15B
4
1B
1-17
3-37
3-57
6-2
6
133
3-26
71
3-1
3-8
145
3-4
3-21
72A
2-2
7
14
72
13
3-26
7B
64
74
4-2
11
137
36
40
2-34
121
23C
143A
2-25
25
25
45A
3-5
26
3-2
7C
54
22
2-33
12
3-61
2-1
24C
73
37
3-48
41
3-25
4-4
2-2
61
9
20
139
17
1-91
3-19
129A
65
7A
18
3-14
41
33
23
23B
2-3
2-24
58
2A
133A
29
39A
45
1C
70
3-46
71
3-22
137C
3-70
1-5
137A
47
16
42
3-67
1-54
3-69
2-9
10
46
12
63
30
3-35
3-39
3-38
2-4
3-24
1-5
21
5-1
1-1
1-46
26
141
141A
41
2-22
!
8
!
5
!
9
!
6
!
6
HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original 
Capital Region Orleans
Jefferson
St. Charles
Plaquem ines
St. Bernard
Lafourche
St. John
St. Tam many
St. Tam many
51
4-2
1-3
8-1
1-2
248
4-1
1-1
9-45
55
2-5
5-5
10-1
50
247
9-45A
199
5-4
1-1
4-13
151
6-2
5-1
156
8-1
6-4
4-4
7-1
10-2
2-1
6-2
41
1-3
9-32
53
8-2
1-2
7-2
188
6-1
6-1
918
1-L
7-3
33
246
2-6
2-4
9-1
197A
150
15-19A
12
4-3
3-1
52
22
4-1
1-2
170
194B
2-2
15
13
157A
9-41B
203
152
125B
2-3
9-2
26-K
42
1-5
1-4
5-16
14
171
31
7-4
5-1
30
9-2
43
5-1
54
20
153
11
3-1
3-3
9-44P
9-28
124
155
136
1-5
184
7-3
5-4
7-2
7-2
3-1
7-3
23-K
1-W
216C
58
211
196
1
3-8
51
9-42
9-1
31-K
9-6
217
1-1
189
4-5
57
7-H
126
182
60
13-1
25-K
46
7
45
204
68
103
9-33
44
1811
190
72
39
!
6
!
7
!
8
!
1
!
1
HLS 22 1ES-17 (Carter, Wilford) Original 
New Orleans Area