ENROLLED
ACT No. 621
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 409
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARINO
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 211(E), relative to summons by an officer
3 instead of arrest and booking; to provide an exception to the issuance of a summons
4 by an officer instead of arrest and booking when certain domestic violence crimes
5 have occurred; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 211(E) is hereby enacted to read as
8 follows:
9 Art. 211. Summons by officer instead of arrest and booking
10 * * *
11 E. The provisions of this Article shall not apply when the officer has
12 reasonable grounds to believe a person committed the offense of domestic abuse
13 battery, battery of a dating partner, violation of a protective order, stalking, or any
14 other offense involving the use or threatened use of force or a deadly weapon upon
15 the defendant's family members, as defined in R.S. 46:2132, upon the defendant's
16 household member, as defined in R.S. 14:35.3, or upon the defendant's dating
17 partner, as defined in R.S. 46:2151.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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