RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 309 (HB 376) 2023 Regular Session Boyd
Existing law provides that the clerk of the issuing court shall transmit the Uniform Abuse
Prevention Order to the judicial administrator's office, La. Supreme Court, for entry into the
La. Protective Order Registry by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as
expeditiously as possible, no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed
with the clerk of court.
New law provides that the clerk shall transmit the order to the judicial administrator's office
no later than the end of the next calendar day.
Existing law provides that the clerk of the issuing court shall immediately send a copy of the
order or any modification of the order to the La. Protective Order Registry and to the chief
law enforcement officer of the parish in which the person or persons protected by the order
reside as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the next business day after the order is
filed with the clerk of court.
New law provides that the clerk shall send a copy of the order no later than the next calendar
day after the order is filed with the clerk of court.
New law provides that the judicial administrator's office shall develop policies and
procedures that provide for immediate entry of protection orders received by the office to
include those received the next calendar day. New law further provides that, to avoid delays
in entry, the office has the authority to authorize agencies to enter protection orders directly
into the registry when certain conditions or criteria exist.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 46:2136(H) and 2136.2(D); Adds R.S. 46:2136.2(G))