HLS 22RS-773 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 434
BY REPRESENTATIVES PHELPS AND JENKINS
JUVENILES: Provides relative to juvenile deferred dispositional agreements
1 AN ACT
2To enact Children's Code Article 896(H), relative to deferred dispositional agreements; to
3 provide relative to eligibility; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. Children's Code Article 896(H) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 Art. 896. Deferred dispositional agreement
7 * * *
8 H. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a child shall not be
9 eligible for a deferred dispositional agreement as provided in this Section if the child
10 has been convicted of distribution of any Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled
11 substances provided in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, R.S.
12 40:961 et seq., or a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B).
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 434 Original 2022 Regular Session Phelps
Abstract: Prohibits deferred dispositional agreements from being available for juveniles
convicted of distribution of controlled substances or crimes of violence.
Present law (Ch.C. Art. 801 et seq.) provides for delinquency proceedings.
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HB NO. 434
Present law (Ch.C. Art. 896) provides that any time after the entry of an adjudication order,
the court may suspend further proceedings and place the child on supervised or unsupervised
probation.
Proposed law prohibits deferred dispositional agreements from being available in cases
where the child has been convicted of distribution of any Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled
substances or a crime of violence.
(Adds Ch.C. Art. 896(H))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.