CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to the jury commission for the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, and St. James
This bill transfers the responsibility for managing jury commissions from separate commissions to the clerks of court in Ascension, Assumption, Jackson, and St. James parishes. Under the new rules, these clerks or their designated deputies will handle all duties related to selecting jurors, including coordinating jury lists and performing the tasks previously done by independent jury commissioners. The law ensures that these clerks have the same powers and receive the same pay as former jury commissioners while following existing legal requirements for jury selection.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 14, 2024
Signed May 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Mar 26, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tony Bacala
RRepublican
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