HLS 22RS-512 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 371
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAHEN
CRIME: Amends the definition of "police officer" for the crimes of battery of a police
officer and resisting a police officer with force or violence
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 14:34.2(A)(2) and 108.2(B), relative to offenses against law
3 enforcement; to provide relative to the definition "police officer" for the crimes of
4 battery of a police officer and resisting a police officer with force or violence; to add
5 juvenile detention facility officers to the definitions of "police officer"; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 14:34.2(A)(2) and 108.2(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to
9read as follows:
10 §34.2. Battery of a police officer
11 A.
12 * * *
13 (2) For purposes of this Section, "police officer" shall include commissioned
14 police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional
15 officers, juvenile detention facility officers, federal law enforcement officers,
16 constables, wildlife enforcement agents, state park wardens, and probation and
17 parole officers.
18 * * *
19 §108.2. Resisting a police officer with force or violence
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HB NO. 371
1 B. For purposes of this Section, "police officer" shall include any
2 commissioned police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal,
3 correctional officer, juvenile detention facility officer, constable, wildlife
4 enforcement agent, state park warden, or probation and parole officer.
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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 371 Original 2022 Regular Session McMahen
Abstract: Amends the definition of "police officer" for the crimes of battery of a police
officer and resisting a police officer with force or violence to include juvenile
detention facility officers.
Present law provides for the crime of battery of a police officer.
Present law defines "police officer" to include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, federal law enforcement officers,
constables, wildlife enforcement agents, state park wardens, and probation and parole
officers.
Proposed law adds juvenile detention facility officers to the present law definition of "police
officer".
Present law provides for the crime of resisting a police officer with force or violence.
Present law defines "police officer" to include any commissioned police officer, sheriff,
deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, correctional officer, constable, wildlife enforcement
agent, state park warden, or probation and parole officer.
Proposed law adds juvenile detention facility officer to the present law definition of "police
officer".
(Amends R.S. 14:34.2(A)(2) and 108.2(B))
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