POLICE/MUNICIPAL: Provides relative to police services in the village of Calvin
This bill updates the laws governing police services in the village of Calvin, Louisiana, to allow the local government to restructure its police department. It permits the village to either eliminate the police chief position entirely or change the role from an elected office to one appointed by the board of aldermen. Additionally, the legislation authorizes the village to hire outside law enforcement agencies within Winn Parish to provide policing if the department is dissolved or the chief is appointed. These changes would take effect only after the current police chief's term ends or a vacancy occurs.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 26, 2024
Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
May 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Mar 19, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
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