All Roll Calls
Yes: 277 • No: 2
LouisianaSB 1652025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
JUVENILES: Provides for the governance of the Juvenile Justice District and adds Lafourche Parish to the Juvenile Justice District. (8/1/25)
Sponsored By: Gregory A. Miller (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Administration of Criminal JusticeJudiciary B
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Lafourche voters get tax reduction question
Beginning August 1, 2025, a district tax ballot proposal triggers a related ballot requirement in Lafourche Parish. The Parish Council must put a proposal to reduce an existing property tax rate on the same election date. The proposed reduction cannot exceed the district's proposed tax increase. This gives voters a tax-reduction choice but does not guarantee approval or a full offset. The district also has legal authority to levy taxes, issue bonds, and take on debt.
Lafourche defendants face added court costs
Beginning August 1, 2025, existing district court costs extend to Lafourche Parish. Adult felony and misdemeanor cases, including traffic offenses, can carry costs up to $5. These apply after conviction at trial, a guilty or no-contest plea, or bond forfeiture. Juveniles found to have committed traffic violations can face costs up to $5. Juveniles found delinquent can face costs up to $25. Courts can suspend all or part of juvenile costs and direct that adult costs come from fines. Collections fund the juvenile justice commission's operations; adult court collections must be sent monthly.
Lafourche joins district with new operating rules
Beginning August 1, 2025, Lafourche joins the River Parishes Juvenile Justice District, which covers juvenile facilities and rehabilitation across Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist. Its 14 commissioners must be registered voters living and legally domiciled in the district, serve four-year terms, and receive Senate confirmation. The Twenty-Third Judicial District's sheriffs jointly appoint three members; the Lafourche, St. Charles, and St. John the Baptist sheriffs each appoint one. District attorneys and chief judges in the Seventeenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Ninth, and Fortieth Judicial Districts each appoint one member. Commission employees, including its superintendent or administrator, work directly for the commission, and the board can no longer contract for facility management, administration, or operations.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Gregory A. Miller
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/12/2025
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 2. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
Yes: 96 • No: 2
Senate vote • 6/12/2025
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 6/8/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 99 • No: 0
House vote • 5/28/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/13/2025
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 37 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 435.
6/20/2025SenateEffective date 8/1/2025.
6/20/2025SenateConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
6/12/2025SenateConference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
6/12/2025HouseRules suspended.
6/12/2025HouseConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 2. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
6/12/2025HouseNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025HouseNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025SenateSigned by the Speaker of the House.
6/12/2025HouseSent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025.
6/12/2025SenateEnrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/13/2025.
6/12/2025SenateHouse conferees appointed: Bacala, Villio, and Wiley.
6/11/2025HouseSenate conference committee members appointed: Miller, Allain, and Reese.
6/11/2025SenateNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
6/11/2025SenateNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
6/11/2025HouseNotice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
6/10/2025HouseCalled from the calendar.
6/8/2025HouseRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
6/8/2025HouseReceived from the House with amendments.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title, returned to the calendar.
6/4/2025HouseNotice given.
6/4/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025.
6/4/2025HouseRead by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
6/2/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 06/04/2025.
6/2/2025HouseReported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
5/29/2025House
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