ENROLLED
ACT No. 468
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 371
BY REPRESENTATIVES MCMAHEN, BAGLEY, ROBBY CARTER, EDMONSTON,
GLOVER, GREEN, HODGES, HORTON, MIKE JOHNSON, MAGEE, DUSTIN
MILLER, RISER, AND THOMPSON
1 AN ACT
2 To 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 of "police officer" for the crimes
4 of battery of a police officer and resisting a police officer with force or violence; to
5 add juvenile detention facility officers to the definitions of "police officer"; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be 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
9 read 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
20 * * *
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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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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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