HLS 24RS-4393 REENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 982 (Substitute for House Bill No. 820 by Representative Walters)
BY REPRESENTATIVES WALTERS, BILLINGS, BOYD, BRASS, BRYANT,
WILFORD CARTER, CHASSION, CREWS, DICKERSON, FISHER, JACKSON,
MANDIE LANDRY, MARCELLE, MENA, SELDERS, TAYLOR, VENTRELLA,
AND YOUNG
LAW ENFORCE/CRIM JUS COM: Provides relative to the composition of the La.
Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1202(A)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S.
3 15:1202(A)(33), relative to the membership of the Louisiana Commission on Law
4 Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice; to add members to the
5 commission; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 15:1202(A)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
8reenacted and R.S. 15:1202(A)(33) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง1202. Composition of commission
10 A. The commission shall consist of fifty-nine sixty-three members as
11 follows:
12 * * *
13 (33) Four members, one member from Caddo Parish, one member from East
14 Baton Rouge Parish, one member from Jefferson Parish, and one member from
15 Orleans Parish, each of whom shall be a community leader with prior law
16 enforcement experience or study within the law enforcement discipline from a
17 university or law school or an academic expert with prior law enforcement
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 24RS-4393 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 982
1 experience or study within the law enforcement discipline from a university or law
2 school and appointed by the governor.
3 * * *
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)]
HB 982 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Walters
Abstract: Provides relative to the composition of the La. Commission on Law Enforcement
and Administration of Criminal Justice.
Present law provides for the composition of the La. Commission on Law Enforcement and
Administration of Criminal Justice, and provides for 59 members of the commission.
Proposed law increases the membership to 63 by adding four members, one member from
Caddo Parish, one member from East Baton Rouge Parish, one member from Orleans Parish,
and one member from Jefferson Parish, each of whom shall be a community leader with
prior law enforcement experience or study within the law enforcement discipline from a
university or law school or an academic expert with prior law enforcement experience or
study within the law enforcement discipline from a university or law school and appointed
by the governor.
(Amends R.S. 15:1202(A)(intro. para.); Adds R.S. 15:1202(A)(33))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Reduce the number of members from Orleans Parish and add a member from
Jefferson Parish.
2. Add the requirement that additional members be appointed by the governor.
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.