HB166 • 2026

JUVENILES: Removes Vermilion Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Jacob Landry
Last action: 2026-06-23
Official status: Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 941
Effective date: Not listed

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JUVENILES: Removes Vermilion Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District

What This Bill Does

JUVENILES: Removes Vermilion Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District

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Bill History

2026-06-23 H
Effective date: 06/21/2026.
2026-06-23 H
Becomes Act No. 941 without the Governor's signature.
2026-06-01 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-29 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-29 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-28 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-28 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-28 S
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-11 S
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-04 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-29 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-28 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-08 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-04-07 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-07 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-07 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-03-31 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
2026-03-31 H
Notice given.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-03-30 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
2026-03-26 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-24 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-03-23 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
2026-02-20 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-18 H
Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.

Official Summary Text

JUVENILES: Removes Vermilion Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 9412026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 166
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACOB LANDRY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1109(A) and 1109.1(A)(introductory paragraph), (9), and (10)
3 and to repeal R.S. 15:1109.1(A)(11), relative to the Acadiana Regional Juvenile
4 Justice District; to remove Vermilion Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional
5 Juvenile Justice District; to remove a member of the board of commissioners for the
6 district; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 15:1109(A) and 1109.1(A)(introductory paragraph), (9), and (10)
12 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
13 §1109. Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District; creation; definitions; domicile
14 A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District is hereby created as a
15 political subdivision of the state having a territorial jurisdiction throughout the
16 parishes of Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Landry, St.
17 Martin, and St. Mary, and Vermilion.
18 * * *
19 §1109.1. Board of commissioners; appointments; terms
20 A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District Commission is hereby
21 created to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district. The commission
22 shall be composed of a board of eleven ten commissioners who shall be appointed
23 as follows:
24 * * *
25 (9) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
26 residing within Vermilion Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
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1 district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Vermilion Parish
2 for an initial term of four years.
3 (10) (9) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
4 residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the parish presidents of the
5 parishes included within the district and the presidents of the police juries in those
6 parishes without home rule charters or parish presidents for an initial term of four
7 years.
8 (11) (10) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
9 residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the judges of the city courts
10 within the district exercising juvenile jurisdiction for an initial term of four years.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. R.S. 15:1109.1(A)(11) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
13 Section 3 This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
14 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
15 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
16 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
17 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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