Senate Committee on Judiciary A
May 25, 2021
10:00 a.m.
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MAY 18, 2021
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HB51
LACOMBE
JUDGES/JUSTICE OF PEACE
- Changes the territorial jurisdiction of justices of the peace and constables in Pointe Coupee Parish
HB55
FREEMAN
DOMESTIC ABUSE
- Provides relative to protective orders
HB235
ROBBY CARTER
JUDGES/DISTRICT
- Provides relative to certain judgeships in the Twenty-First Judicial District (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
HB263
SEABAUGH
JUDGES
- Authorizes judges of the City Court of Shreveport to serve as an attorney member of a medical review panel
HB267
DUBUISSON
COURTS
- Provides relative to the online dispute resolution pilot project for certain cases filed in the City Court of East St. Tammany
HB492
HUGHES
LIABILITY/CIVIL
- Provides relative to the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor
HCR59
MAGEE
COURTS/SUPREME COURT
- Urges the Supreme Court of La. to approve CLE credit for full-time legislative staff attorneys
HB159
MALINDA WHITE
DOMESTIC ABUSE
- Provides for the definition of domestic abuse
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT
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