RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 259 (HB 173) 2024 Regular Session Fontenot
New law provides that no person shall knowingly or intentionally approach within 25 feet
of a peace officer who is lawfully engaged in the execution of his official duties after the
peace officer has ordered a person to stop approaching or to retreat.
New law defines the term "peace officer".
New law provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to this crime if the defendant can
establish that the lawful order or command was neither received nor understood by the
defendant nor capable of being received or understood under the conditions and
circumstances that existed at the time of the issuance of the order.
New law provides for a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment for not more than 60 days,
or both.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 14:109)