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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 307
BY SENATOR FIELDS
REDISTRICTING. Provides for redistricting of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
(2/3-CA5s4) (1/1/23)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:101.2 and 101.3 and to repeal R.S. 13:101, 101.1, and 312.4, relative to the
3 Louisiana Supreme Court; to provide relative to redistricting supreme court justice
4 districts; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to eliminate statutory provisions for
5 a temporary additional judgeship for the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit and
6 such judge's appointment to the supreme court; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 13:101.2 and 101.3 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §101.2. Supreme court districts; justices
10 The state shall be divided into seven supreme court districts. The
11 supreme court shall be composed of one justice elected from each of the seven
12 districts as set forth below:
13 (1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
15 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
16 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86,
17 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108,
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1 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125A, 125B, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130,
2 132, 247, 248, 1-GI, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K,
3 4-K, 5-K, 6-KA, 6-KB, 7-KA, 7-KB, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 13-KB,
4 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 34-K, 35-K
5 and 1-L of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 3-20, 4-8, 4-9, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17,
6 4-17A, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 9-45A, 17-17,
7 17-18, 17-18A, 17-19 and 17-20 of Orleans Parish; Plaquemines Parish; St.
8 Bernard Parish; St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish.
9 (2) District 2 is composed of Precincts 2-18D, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 and 4-1A
10 of Bossier Parish; Caddo Parish; Claiborne Parish; Concordia Parish; Precincts
11 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20,
12 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37,
13 1-38, 1-44, 1-45, 1-46, 1-50, 1-51, 1-54, 1-58, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-67, 1-68, 1-70,
14 1-71, 1-76, 1-77, 1-78, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-85, 1-86, 1-87, 1-88, 1-91, 1-92,
15 1-93, 1-94, 1-95, 1-97, 1-100, 1-101, 1-102, 1-104, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10,
16 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24,
17 2-25, 2-26, 2-27, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, 2-37, 3-8, 3-12, 3-24,
18 3-28, 3-32, 3-54 and 3-72 of East Baton Rouge Parish; East Carroll Parish; East
19 Feliciana Parish; Madison Parish; Morehouse Parish; Precincts 3, 5, 8, 9, 9A,
20 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 27A, 28, 29, 30, 34,
21 47, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 65A, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74 and 79 of Ouachita
22 Parish; Tensas Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 24 and 26 of Union Parish;
23 Webster Parish; West Carroll Parish and West Feliciana Parish.
24 (3) District 3 is composed of Acadia Parish; Allen Parish; Beauregard
25 Parish; Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; Jefferson Davis Parish; Lafayette
26 Parish and Vermilion Parish.
27 (4) District 4 is composed of Bienville Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3,
28 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-4, 2-5A, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11,
29 2-11A, 2-12A, 2-12B, 2-12C, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17A, 2-17B, 2-18B, 2-18C,
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1 2-18E, 2-18F, 2-18G, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21A, 2-21B, 2-21C, 2-21D, 2-22A, 2-22B,
2 2-22C, 2-23, 4-2, 4-3A, 4-3B, 4-3C, 4-3D, 4-4A, 4-4B, 4-5A, 4-6A, 4-6B, 4-7A,
3 4-7B, 4-8A, 4-8B, 4-8C, 4-8D, 4-8E, 4-8G, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11A, 4-11B and 4-11C of
4 Bossier Parish; Caldwell Parish; Catahoula Parish; DeSoto Parish; Franklin
5 Parish; Grant Parish; Jackson Parish; LaSalle Parish; Lincoln Parish;
6 Natchitoches Parish; Precincts 1, 1A, 2, 4, 6, 7, 25, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
7 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 44A, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51A, 52, 52A, 53, 54, 55, 56, 56A, 57,
8 58, 61, 64, 71, 75, 76, 77 and 78 of Ouachita Parish; Rapides Parish; Red River
9 Parish; Richland Parish; Sabine Parish; Precincts 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
10 17, 17A, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28 and 29 of Union Parish; Vernon Parish and
11 Winn Parish.
12 (5) District 5 is composed of Ascension Parish; Precincts 1-7, 1-8, 1-9,
13 1-12, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-52, 1-53,
14 1-55, 1-56, 1-57, 1-59, 1-60, 1-64, 1-65, 1-66, 1-69, 1-72, 1-73, 1-74, 1-75, 1-79,
15 1-80, 1-89, 1-90, 1-98, 1-99, 1-103, 1-105, 1-107, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-33, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3,
16 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20,
17 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 3-25, 3-26, 3-27, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31, 3-33, 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-37,
18 3-38, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-43, 3-44, 3-45, 3-46, 3-47, 3-48, 3-49, 3-50, 3-51, 3-52,
19 3-53, 3-55, 3-56, 3-57, 3-58, 3-59, 3-60, 3-61, 3-62, 3-63, 3-64, 3-65, 3-66, 3-67,
20 3-68, 3-69, 3-70 and 3-71 of East Baton Rouge Parish; Livingston Parish; St.
21 Helena Parish and Tangipahoa Parish.
22 (6) District 6 is composed of Assumption Parish; Avoyelles Parish;
23 Evangeline Parish; Iberia Parish; Iberville Parish; Lafourche Parish; Pointe
24 Coupee Parish; St. James Parish; St. Landry Parish; St. Martin Parish; St.
25 Mary Parish; Terrebonne Parish and West Baton Rouge Parish.
26 (7) District 7 is composed of Precincts 104, 115, 131, 133, 134, 136, 138,
27 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176,
28 177, 178, 179A, 179B, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 187, 188, 189, 190,
29 191, 192, 193A, 193B, 194A, 194B, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202,
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1 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A, 216B,
2 216C, 217, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A, 232B, 234, 235, 236, 237,
3 238A, 238B, 246, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 12-G,
4 13-G, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 30-K, 31-K, 33-K, 1-W, 2-W, 3-W, 4-W,
5 5-W, 6-W and 7-W of Jefferson Parish; Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4,
6 2-6, 2-7, 3-1, 3-8, 3-9, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 5-1, 5-2,
7 5-3, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4,
8 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9A, 7-10, 7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19,
9 7-20, 7-21, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-26, 7-27, 7-27B, 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30,
10 7-32, 7-33, 7-35, 7-37, 7-37A, 7-40, 7-41, 7-42, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9,
11 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-26, 8-27, 8-28,
12 8-30, 9-1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16,
13 9-17, 9-19, 9-21, 9-23, 9-25, 9-26, 9-28, 9-28C, 9-29, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A,
14 9-31B, 9-31D, 9-32, 9-33, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36B, 9-37, 9-38, 9-38A,
15 9-39, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-42, 9-42C,
16 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L,
17 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J,
18 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 9-45, 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9,
19 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12,
20 11-13, 11-14, 11-17, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10,
21 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-16, 12-17, 12-19, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6,
22 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3,
23 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15,
24 14-16, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-20, 14-21, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 15-1, 15-2,
25 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B,
26 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A,
27 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D,
28 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, 15-19C, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4,
29 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9,
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1 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15 and 17-16 of Orleans Parish; St.
2 Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish.
3 §101.3. Assignment of districts; vacancies, elections; redistricting
4 A. Each justice of the supreme court in office on January 1, 2023, shall
5 be the justice for the district having the same designation as the district from
6 which the justice was elected and may complete the term for which he was
7 elected.
8 B. The successor to the office of justice of the supreme court shall be
9 elected from the district assigned to that office as provided by Subsection A of
10 this Section. The election shall be from the district composed as provided by
11 R.S. 13:101.2.
12 Section 2. R.S. 13:101, 101.1, and 312.4 are hereby repealed.
13 Section 3.(A) The precincts referenced in this Act are those precincts identified as
14 Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2020 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the
15 State of Louisiana as validated through the data verification program of the Louisiana House
16 of Representatives and the Louisiana Senate and available on the legislature's website on the
17 effective date of this Section.
18 (B) When a precinct referenced in this Act has been subdivided by action of the
19 parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish
20 governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with the provisions of R.S.
21 18:532.1, the enumeration in this Act of the general precinct designation shall include all
22 nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof, however such subdivisions may be
23 designated.
24 (C) The territorial limits of the districts as provided in this Act shall continue in
25 effect until changed by law regardless of any subsequent change made to the precincts by
26 the parish governing authority.
27 Section 4. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2023.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
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DIGEST
SB 307 Original 2022 Regular Session Fields
Present constitution (Const. Art. V, §3) provides the supreme court must be composed of a
chief justice and six associate justices.
Present constitution (Const. Art. V, §4) provides the state must be divided into at least six
supreme court districts, and at least one judge shall be elected from each. Further provides
the districts and the number of judges assigned to each on the effective date of this
constitution are retained, subject to change by law enacted by 2/3 of the elected members
of each house of the legislature.
Proposed law redraws district boundaries for the seven supreme court districts.
Proposed law repeals present law that provides for an additional judgeship for the Court of
Appeal for the Fourth Circuit who is assigned to the La. Supreme Court.
Proposed law specifies that precincts referenced in district descriptions are those precincts
identified as Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2020 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line
Shapefiles for the state of La. as validated through the data verification program of the La.
legislature. Also specifies that if any such precinct has been subdivided by action of the
parish governing authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish
governing authority on a geographic basis in accordance with present law, the enumeration
of the general precinct designation shall include all nongeographic and all geographic
subdivisions thereof. Further provides that the territorial limits of the districts as enacted
shall continue in effect until changed by law regardless of any subsequent change made to
the precincts by the parish governing authority.
Population data in the summaries accompanying this digest are derived from 2020 Census
Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171), Summary File for Louisiana. Population data,
statistical information, and maps are supplied for purposes of information and analysis and
comprise no part of proposed law.
Effective January 1, 2023.
(Adds R.S. 13:101.2 and 101.3; repeals R.S. 13:101, 101.1, and 312.4)
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