LAW ENFORCE/CRIM JUS COM: Provides relative to the composition of the La. Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
This bill modifies the membership structure of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice by adjusting the representation for Jefferson Parish. Specifically, it changes the requirement so that one member will be selected from Jefferson Parish, while the total number of members from that parish is reduced from two to one. This amendment directly affects the commission's composition by altering how many commissioners represent that specific parish. The change is a procedural adjustment to the committee's makeup rather than a new policy initiative.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Vetoed
Jun 2024
Introduced May 13, 2024
Vetoed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2024 · House May 20, 2024
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 37
May 30, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jun 19, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
lower
May 30, 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
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 820 reported by the Committee on Judiciary (12-0).
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joy Walters
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Delisha Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Kellee Hennessy
RRepublican
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
Co
Lauren Ventrella
RRepublican
Co
Mandie Landry
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Bryant
DDemocratic
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