RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 386 (SB 31) 2023 Regular Session Mizell
Existing law provides that the La. Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information must
make available upon request to any eligible criminal justice agency any information
contained in the criminal history record and identification files of the bureau.
New law retains existing law.
Existing law defines "criminal justice agency" as any government agency or subunit thereof,
or private agency which, through statutory authorization or a legal formal agreement with a
governmental unit or agency, has the power of investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution,
adjudication, treatment, supervision, rehabilitation or release of persons suspected, charged,
or convicted of a crime, or which collects, stores, processes, transmits, or disseminates
criminal history record or crime information.
New law retains existing law and adds that the governor's office of human trafficking
prevention is also a "criminal justice agency" for purposes of existing law.
New law requires that any district attorney who prosecutes a case of human trafficking or
provides services to a victim of human trafficking must submit an annual report on his
operations to the governor's office of human trafficking and prevention and the Dept. of
Children and Family Services, including the agency's name, parish, disposition of the case,
statute under which the offense was prosecuted, sentencing date, restitution ordered,
restitution paid, value of assets from civil assets forfeited, and any services offered to
victims.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 15:576(3); adds R.S. 46:2161(C)(3) and 2161.1(C)(3))