SLS 25RS-318 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 135
BY SENATOR ABRAHAM
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Defines judicial agencies. (8/1/25)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2852(C) and (D), relative to the Judicial Agency Referral
3 Residential Facility Regulatory Act; to provide for facilities providing housing or
4 temporary residence to individuals referred by judicial agencies; to provide for
5 certain services of a facility; to provide for definitions; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:2852(C) and (D) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
9 follows:
10 ยง2852. Facilities providing treatment, housing, or temporary residence to
11 individuals referred by judicial agencies
12 * * *
13 C. No facility shall provide treatment, housing, or temporary residence to
14 any individual and no judicial agency shall refer any individual to a facility
15 providing treatment, housing, or temporary residence until the Department of Public
16 Safety and Corrections has adopted rules and has inspected the facility and certified
17 that the facility is in compliance with these rules as provided for by this Section.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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SLS 25RS-318 ORIGINAL
1 D. For the purposes of this Chapter, "judicial agency" means the sheriff,
2 sheriff's department, or district court and officers thereof, including the district
3 judge, the prosecutor and district attorneys. However, no sheriff or sheriff's
4 department of any parish in this state shall be deemed to be a judicial agency
5 pursuant to this Chapter. Judicial agency referral residential facilities shall not
6 participate in sheriffs' work release programs nor shall they receive funding from the
7 state.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, 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)]
DIGEST
SB 135 Original 2025 Regular Session Abraham
Present law provides for facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals
referred by judicial agencies.
Present law prohibits any facility providing housing or temporary residence to any individual
and prohibits any judicial agency from referring any individual to a facility providing
housing or temporary residence until the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C)
has adopted rules and has inspected the facility and certified that the facility is in compliance
with these rules as provided for by present law.
Proposed law retains present law, but also requires that DPS&C adopt rules and inspect the
facility and certify that the facility is in compliance regarding "treatment" facilities.
Present law defines "judicial agency" as the district court and officers thereof, including the
district judge, the prosecutor and district attorneys. Present law prohibits any sheriff or
sheriff's department from being deemed a judicial agency as provided by present law.
Proposed law retains present law, and adds sheriffs and sheriff departments to the definition
of "judicial agency".
Effective August 1, 2025.
(Amends R.S. 40:2852(C) and (D))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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