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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 133
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Sheriff Greg Champagne on his second term as
president of the National Sheriff's Association
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Sheriff Greg Champagne on his second term as president of the National
3 Sheriff's Association.
4 WHEREAS, Sheriff Greg Champagne is currently serving his seventh term as sheriff
5of St. Charles Parish; he is the longest-tenured sheriff in the parish's history, with twenty-
6seven years of service; and
7 WHEREAS, Sheriff Champagne was born and raised in St. Charles Parish; he
8graduated from Hahnville High School and received a bachelor's degree in government from
9Nicholls State University and a juris doctorate from the Louisiana State University Paul M.
10Hebert Law Center; and
11 WHEREAS, following law school, Sheriff Champagne served as an assistant district
12attorney in St. Charles Parish; during his fourteen-year tenure, he earned a reputation as a
13tough but fair prosecutor with a 94% conviction rate; he tried numerous felony jury trials
14including eight homicide trials, all of which resulted in convictions; and
15 WHEREAS, Sheriff Champagne was first elected sheriff of St. Charles Parish in
161995; he was re-elected without opposition in 1999, with 81% of the votes in 2003, and with
1783% of the votes in 2007; he ran without opposition in three-consecutive elections from
182011 to 2019; and
19 WHEREAS, over the course of his impressive career in law enforcement, Sheriff
20Champagne has attended many training programs including the National Center for Missing
21and Exploited Children and Northwestern University's Graduate School for Prosecutors; he
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1represented the National Sheriff's Association at two international counter-terrorism training
2programs focused on the detection and prevention of terrorism and general public security
3measures in Israel and England; and
4 WHEREAS, Sheriff Champagne graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
5Academy in Quantico, Virginia, on two occasions; first, he completed the FBI's Law
6Institute for Prosecutors, and more recently, he graduated from the FBI's Law Enforcement
7Executive Development Program; and
8 WHEREAS, Sheriff Champagne will be installed for a second time as president of
9the National Sheriff's Association (NSA) in June; he previously served as president of the
10association in 2016-2017; for the past twenty years, he has chaired the NSA Legal Affairs
11Committee, which analyzes proposed congressional legislation and files amicus briefs with
12the U.S. Supreme Court on landmark criminal justice issues affecting sheriffs nationwide;
13and
14 WHEREAS, Sheriff Champagne regularly testifies before the Legislature of
15Louisiana on important issues concerning criminal justice on behalf of the Louisiana
16Sheriff's Association; he also serves on the Louisiana State Law Institute's Criminal Justice
17Committee, analyzing criminal justice issues for the legislature; and
18 WHEREAS, outside of his professional life, Greg has shared over forty-one years
19of marriage with his wife, Alice Landry Champagne; his daughter, Rochelle C. Fahrig, is an
20assistant district attorney, and his son, Greg Champagne, Jr., is a deputy tax assessor; he also
21has five grandsons; and
22 WHEREAS, Sheriff Greg Champagne is a genuine servant of the community; his
23efforts earned him recognition as Louisiana Sheriff of the Year by the Louisiana Crime
24Victim's Coalition in 2003; he is most deserving of the highest recognition for his dedication
25to law enforcement and the protection of St. Charles Parish and the state of Louisiana.
26 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
27commend Sheriff Greg Champagne on his second term as president of the National Sheriff's
28Association and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that he continue to prosper in all of his
29endeavors.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 133 Original 2023 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Commends Sheriff Greg Champagne on his second term as president of the National
Sheriff's Assoc.
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