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ACT No. 724
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 792 (Substitute for House Bill No. 343 by Representative Bacala)
BY REPRESENTATIVES BACALA, ROBBY CARTER, COX, HORTON, KNOX,
LAFLEUR, AND THOMPSON
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 388.1, relative to the initiation and
3 adjudication of criminal cases; to provide for the submission of reports; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 388.1 is hereby enacted to read as
7 follows:
8 Art. 388.1. Information to be provided to supreme court; daily reports
9 A. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the clerk of court for each judicial district
10 shall provide a daily electronic submission to the Louisiana Supreme Court
11 containing the data elements enumerated in Code of Criminal Procedure Article
12 388(A), as well as the date of initiation of prosecution, the date of adjudication, and
13 the number of days from initiation of prosecution to adjudication for all criminal
14 cases. The Louisiana Supreme Court shall include a summary of this information,
15 broken down by judicial district, in its annual report.
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1 B. The data required by Paragraph A of this Article shall be recorded and
2 reported to the Louisiana Supreme Court in a standard format and practice as
3 directed by the court.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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