POLICE/LOCAL: Provides for the qualifications for the office of police chief in the village of Pine Prairie
This bill updates the state law governing qualifications for the village of Pine Prairie's elected police chief. It requires the chief to live within the village's corporate limits and have resided there for at least one year before running for the position. This change overrides the general rule that police chiefs in Louisiana villages must live in the parish where the village is located. The legislation directly affects only the village of Pine Prairie and does not apply to other municipalities.
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 1, 2024
Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 38
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 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 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 1, 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
Rhonda Butler
RRepublican
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