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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 281
BY SENATOR BERNARD
ELECTION CODE. Authorizes disclosure of the name and address of a law enforcement
officer who has qualified as a candidate for office. (8/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:154(D)(4) and to enact R.S. 18:154(D)(5), relative to
3 confidentiality of certain records for candidates; to provide for exceptions; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:154(D)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
7 18:154(D)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง154. Records open to inspection; copying; exceptions
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10 D. * * *
11 (4) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the
12 registrar of voters, Department of State, and the clerk of court may disclose the
13 name and address of a law enforcement officer who has qualified as a candidate
14 for office between the date of qualifying of the candidate and the general
15 election.
16 (4)(5) Any agency employing a law enforcement officer availing himself of
17 Paragraph (1) or (2) of this Subsection shall also issue decertification notices to the
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1 registrar of voters and the secretary of state when the officer is no longer engaging
2 in hazardous activities to the extent that it is necessary for his name and address to
3 be kept confidential.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Matt DeVille.
DIGEST
SB 281 Original 2022 Regular Session Bernard
Present law provides that the registrar of voters, Department of State, and clerk of court
cannot disclose the name and address of a law enforcement officer, other than on a general
list, if they have received certification from the officer's employing agency that the officer
is engaging in hazardous activities to the extent that it is necessary for his name and address
to be kept confidential.
Proposed law creates an exception to present law to allow the disclosure of the name and
address of an officer otherwise entitled to confidentiality who has qualified as a candidate
for office.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 18:154(D)(4); adds R.S. 18:154(D)(5))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.