HLS 25RS-325 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 25
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILDER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
COURTS/JUVENILE: Provides exclusive original juvenile jurisdiction for Livingston
Parish juvenile court
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 302(1), relative to jurisdiction over juveniles
3 in criminal court; to provide for exclusive original jurisdiction to special juvenile
4 courts in Livingston Parish; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Children's Code Article 302(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read
7as follows:
8 Art. 302. Juvenile jurisdiction of courts
9 Juvenile jurisdiction shall be exercised as follows:
10 (1) Special juvenile courts created by law for Caddo, Orleans, Jefferson, and
11 East Baton Rouge, and Livingston Parishes shall have exclusive original juvenile
12 jurisdiction, and any other jurisdiction conferred by the statute creating them, in the
13 parish or parishes for which they are created. Judges of these courts shall exercise
14 their juvenile jurisdiction according to the provisions of this Code.
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HB NO. 25
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 25 Original 2025 Regular Session Wilder
Abstract: Grants special juvenile courts for Livingston Parish exclusive original juvenile
jurisdiction.
Present law provides that special juvenile courts for Caddo, Orleans, Jefferson, and East
Baton Rouge Parishes shall have exclusive original juvenile jurisdiction.
Proposed law adds Livingston Parish juvenile court to the courts that have exclusive original
juvenile jurisdiction.
(Amends C.C. Art. 302(1))
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