ENROLLED
ACT No. 599
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 817
BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1202(A), relative to the membership of the Louisiana
3 Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice; to add a
4 member to the commission; to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:1202(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1202. Composition of commission
8 A. The commission shall consist of fifty-eight fifty-nine members as
9 follows:
10 (1) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary C, or his designee.
11 (2) The chairman of the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal
12 Justice or his designee.
13 (3) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his
14 designee.
15 (4) The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court or his designee.
16 (5) The chief judge of each of the courts of appeal.
17 (6) The president of the Louisiana Juvenile Judges Association.
18 (7) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.
19 (8) The president of the Louisiana State Troopers Association.
20 (9) The president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.
21 (10) The president of the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police.
22 (10) (11) The president of the Louisiana Municipal Association.
Page 1 of 3
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HB NO. 817 ENROLLED
1 (11) (12) The president of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police.
2 (12) (13) The chairman of the Louisiana State Bar Association Section on
3 Criminal Law.
4 (13) (14) The state public defender employed by the Louisiana Public
5 Defender Board.
6 (14) (15) The deputy secretary for public safety services of the Department
7 of Public Safety and Corrections.
8 (15) (16) Three district attorneys appointed by the governor.
9 (16) (17) Three sheriffs appointed by the governor.
10 (17) (18) Two chiefs of police appointed by the governor.
11 (18) (19) A district court judge appointed by the governor.
12 (19) (20) A juvenile court judge appointed by the governor.
13 (20) (21) Three professional or lay persons appointed by the president of the
14 Senate.
15 (21) (22) Three professional or lay persons appointed by the speaker of the
16 House of Representatives.
17 (22) (23) Fifteen professional or lay persons appointed by the governor as
18 may have a vital concern with law enforcement and the administration of criminal
19 justice.
20 (23) The president or director of the Louisiana chapter of the National
21 Constables Association. (24) The president of the Louisiana City Marshals and City
22 Constables Association, or his designee.
23 (24) (25) One person appointed by the governor from a list of at least three
24 persons submitted by Victims and Citizens Against Crime, Inc.
25 (25) (26) The president of the Louisiana Union of Police, or his designee.
26 (26) (27) The attorney general or his designee.
27 (27) (28) The deputy secretary of youth services of the Department of Public
28 Safety and Corrections or his designee.
29 (28) (29) The director of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association.
Page 2 of 3
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HB NO. 817 ENROLLED
1 (29) (30) The chairperson of the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus, or
2 her designee.
3 (30) (31) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B, or his
4 designee.
5 (31) (32) The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Women and
6 Children, or his designee.
7 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
Page 3 of 3
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.