HLS 22RS-440 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 110
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
COURTS: Provides relative to the assignment of domestic violence matters in the
Nineteenth Judicial District
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 13:587.3(A), relative to the Nineteenth Judicial District; to provide for
3 assignment of an additional subject matter division; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:587.3(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง587.3. Nineteenth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter
8 A. Respecting seniority and the requirement that all cases be assigned
9 randomly within multi-judge groupings, the judges of the Nineteenth Judicial District
10 Court, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, with the
11 consent of the judge of a division, may assign to that division criminal matters or
12 civil matters or drug court matters or domestic violence matters or any or all types
13 of matters of which the court has jurisdiction.
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are additions. HLS 22RS-440 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 110
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 110 Original 2022 Regular Session Marcelle
Abstract: Adds domestic violence matters as an assignable subject matter for divisions
located in the 19th Judicial District Court.
Present law provides that the judges of the 19th Judicial District Court, with respect to
seniority and the requirement that all cases be assigned randomly within multi-judge
groupings, may assign to a division criminal matters or civil matters or drug court matters
or any or all types of matters of which the court has jurisdiction by rule adopted by a
majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, with the consent of the judge of a division.
Proposed law retains present law and adds domestic violence matters as an assignable
subject matter for divisions within the 19th Judicial District Court.
(Amends R.S. 13:587.3(A))
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