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2023 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 5
BY SENATOR FOIL
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Creates the Protective Order Procedure and Records Task
Force.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To create and provide for the Protective Order Procedure and Records Task Force.
3 WHEREAS, protective orders have been mainstays in preventing domestic abuse and
4 sexual assault in Louisiana for decades; and
5 WHEREAS, protective orders are statistically more likely to protect women from
6 becoming victims of abuse and violence committed by male partners, and the FBI estimates
7 that eighty-two percent of partner violence victims are female; and
8 WHEREAS, the National Crime Victimization Survey indicates that no matter the
9 rate of violence by gender, women are seven to ten times more likely than men to be injured;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Louisiana's criminal justice system must protect women and children
12 as swiftly and efficiently as possible; and
13 WHEREAS, it has been reported that oftentimes charges initiating a protective order
14 are dropped but the order stays in the system, causing confusion as to whether the protective
15 order should be enforced; and
16 WHEREAS, further study is needed to improve the process of creating and
17 dismissing a protective order to better protect Louisiana families.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
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1 does hereby establish and provide for the Protective Order Procedure and Records Task
2 Force to study the best methods to ensure protective order records are kept properly and
3 efficiently, and to propose recommendations, together with specific proposals for legislation,
4 if any proposals or recommendations are deemed necessary by the task force, by written
5 report to the Senate and to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library as required
6 by R.S. 24:771 and 772, no later than March 1, 2024.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall consist of the following
8 members:
9 (1) The president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, or his designee, who will
10 serve as chair.
11 (2) The director of the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, or her designee.
12 (3) A designee from the Louisiana Supreme Court, appointed by the chief justice.
13 (4) The president of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, or his designee.
14 (5) A designee from the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, appointed by the
15 executive director.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each designating authority shall submit the
17 names of designees to the task force to the president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association
18 no later than July 31, 2023.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall convene for its first meeting
20 no later than October 31, 2023, at the call of the chair, and at the first meeting, the members
21 shall elect other officers as the task force may deem appropriate.
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall receive staff support from
23 the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a majority of the task force shall constitute a
25 quorum for the transaction of business, and all official actions of the task force shall require
26 the affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the task force shall serve
28 without compensation, except per diem or expenses reimbursement to which they may be
29 individually entitled as members of their constituent organizations.
30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall terminate on the date of the
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1 submission of its report, if any, or March 1, 2024, whichever occurs first.
2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
3 Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, the Louisiana
4 Supreme Court, the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, and the Louisiana District
5 Attorneys Association.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Whitney Kauffeld.
DIGEST
SR 5 Original 2023 Regular Session Foil
Creates the Protective Order Procedure and Records Task Force to study the best methods
to ensure protective order records are kept properly and efficiently, and to propose
recommendations, together with specific proposals for legislation, if the task force deems
it necessary or appropriate.
Provides that the task force consist of the following members:
(1)The president of the La. Sheriffs' Association, or his designee, who will serve as
chair.
(2)The director of the La. Protective Order Registry, or her designee.
(3)A designee from the La. Supreme Court, appointed by the chief justice.
(4)The president of the La. Clerks of Court Association, or his designee.
(5)A designee from the La. District Attorneys Association, designated by the executive
director.
Provides relative to meetings of the task force, quorum, and voting.
Provides that the task force may make a written report of its findings and recommendations
by March 1, 2024.
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