RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 7 (SB 255) 2024 Regular Session Fields
Existing constitution (Const. Art. V, §3) provides the supreme court must be composed of
a chief justice and six associate justices.
Existing constitution (Const. Art. V, §4) provides the state must be divided into at least six
supreme court districts, and at least one judge shall be elected from each. Further provides
the districts and the number of judges assigned to each on the effective date of the
constitution are retained, subject to change by law enacted by two-thirds of the elected
members of each house of the legislature.
New law states that the purpose and intent of new law is to statutorily effectuate and
implement a settlement reached between all parties in the matter entitled Louisiana State
Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. v.
State of Louisiana, et al., Case 3:19-479, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District
of La.
New law redraws district boundaries for the seven supreme court districts and assigns each
justice in office to a district.
New law specifies that precincts referenced in district descriptions are those precincts
contained in the file named "2024 Precinct Shapefiles (01-10-2024)" available on the
legislature's website. The 2024 Precinct Shapefiles are based upon those Voting Districts
(VTDs) contained in the 2020 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the State of
La. as those files have been modified and validated through the data verification program of
the La. House of Representatives and the La. Senate to represent precinct changes submitted
through Jan. 10, 2024, to the Legislature of La. by parish governing authorities.
Also specifies that if any such precinct has been subdivided by action of the parish governing
authority on a nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish governing authority
on a geographic basis in accordance with present law, the enumeration of the general precinct
designation shall include all nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof. Further
provides that the territorial limits of the districts as enacted shall continue in effect until
changed by law regardless of any subsequent change made to the precincts by the parish
governing authority.
Population data in the summaries accompanying this digest are derived from 2020 Census
Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171), Summary File for La. Population data, statistical
information, and maps are supplied for purposes of information and analysis and comprise
no part of new law.
Effective May 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 13:101.2 and 101.3; repeals R.S. 13:101, 101.1, and 312.4)