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HB36 • 2026

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

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

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rhonda Butler
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Pending in Conference Committee (House)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about reducing commissioners or updating parish lists. These claims were removed as they are not directly supported by the provided text.

Removes Evangeline Parish from Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District

This bill removes Evangeline Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes Evangeline Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Evangeline Parish residents and officials involved with juvenile justice.

Terms To Know

Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District
A political subdivision of Louisiana that manages juvenile justice for certain parishes.
Commissioner
An appointed member who helps manage the affairs of a district or organization.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill needs approval from both chambers and the governor to become law.
  • It is not clear when the effective date will be, as it depends on gubernatorial action.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB36 adds new rules for the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District, including joint appointing authorities, termination procedures for board members who miss meetings, notice requirements before tax-related decisions, and approval processes for levying taxes.

  • Adds the president of each parish member's policy jury as a joint appointing authority for each respective commissioner on the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District Commission.
  • Establishes termination procedures for board members who miss two consecutive meetings and sets a 90-day limit for filling vacancies.
  • Requires written notice at least 30 days before any meeting where taxes, debts, or bonds might be discussed or decided.
  • Necessitates unanimous approval by all board members and governing authorities of each parish before placing tax measures on the ballot.
  • The amendment text does not specify how Evangeline Parish's removal affects these new rules.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds a section to specify when the bill will take effect, depending on whether the governor signs it or not.

  • Adds language after line 12 on page 3 to define how and when the Act becomes effective.
  • The exact date of effectiveness cannot be determined until the governor's actions are known.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment adds a section to specify when the bill will take effect, depending on whether it is signed by the governor or not.

  • Adds language after line 12 on page 3 to define the effective date of the Act.
  • The amendment does not provide details about what happens if the bill is vetoed and then overridden by the legislature, but it mentions that such an event would have a specific effective date.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment rejects the Senate's changes to HB36, which aims to remove Evangeline Parish from the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.

  • Rejects all amendments made by the Senate to HB36.
  • The official text does not specify what specific changes were rejected or what those Senate amendments entailed, making it difficult to explain concrete impacts beyond rejecting them.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes Evangeline Parish from the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District by changing the list of parishes that are part of the district.

  • Removes language related to Evangeline Parish's commissioner appointment and representation in the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.
  • The amendment text does not provide details on how removing Evangeline Parish will affect existing policies or operations of the district.
  • It is unclear what specific changes will be made to sections related to tax levying, debt incurring, and bond issuance after the removal of Evangeline Parish.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  2. 2026-05-29 S

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  3. 2026-05-29 H

    House conferees appointed: Butler, Villio, and Fontenot.

  4. 2026-05-29 S

    Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, Mizell, and Talbot.

  5. 2026-05-29 S

    Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  7. 2026-05-28 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-28 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-28 S

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-28 S

    Called from the Calendar.

  11. 2026-05-05 S

    Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  12. 2026-04-27 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  13. 2026-04-22 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. 2026-04-21 S

    Reported favorably.

  15. 2026-03-25 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  16. 2026-03-24 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  17. 2026-03-24 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  18. 2026-03-23 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.

  19. 2026-03-23 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  20. 2026-03-18 H

    Reported with amendments (11-0).

  21. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  22. 2026-01-23 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.

  23. 2026-01-22 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  24. 2026-01-22 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-509 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 36
BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
JUVENILES: Removes Evangeline Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile
Justice District
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1109(A) and 1109.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (3)
3 through (10) and to repeal R.S. 15:1109.1(A)(11), relative to the Acadiana Regional
4 Juvenile Justice District; to remove Evangeline Parish as a member of the Acadiana
5 Regional Juvenile Justice District; to remove a member of the board of
6 commissioners for the district; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for
7 related matters.
8 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
9 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
10 Louisiana.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 15:1109(A) and 1109.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (3) through
13 (10) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
14 §1109. Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District; creation; definitions; domicile
15 A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District is hereby created as a
16 political subdivision of the state having a territorial jurisdiction throughout the
17 parishes of Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Landry, St.
18 Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion.
19 * * *
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HLS 26RS-509 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 36
1 §1109.1. Board of commissioners; appointments; terms
2 A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District Commission is hereby
3 created to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district. The
4 commission shall be composed of a board of eleven ten commissioners who shall be
5 appointed as follows:
6 * * *
7 (3) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
8 residing within Evangeline Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
9 district attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Evangeline
10 Parish for an initial term of four years.
11 (4) (3) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
12 residing within Iberia Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district
13 attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Iberia Parish for an initial
14 term of four years.
15 (5) (4) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
16 residing in Jefferson Davis Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
17 district attorney for the Thirty-First Judicial District and the sheriff of Jefferson
18 Davis Parish for an initial term of four years.
19 (6) (5) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
20 residing in St. Landry Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
21 district attorney for the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District and the sheriff of St.
22 Landry Parish for an initial term of four years.
23 (7) (6) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
24 residing within St. Martin Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
25 district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of St. Martin Parish
26 for an initial term of four years.
27 (8) (7) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
28 residing in St. Mary Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and district
29 attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of St. Mary Parish for an
30 initial term of four years.
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HLS 26RS-509 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 36
1 (9) (8) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
2 residing within Vermilion Parish, shall be jointly appointed by the chief judge and
3 district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District and the sheriff of Vermilion Parish
4 for an initial term of four years.
5 (10) (9) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
6 residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the parish presidents of the
7 parishes included within the district and the presidents of the police juries in those
8 parishes without home rule charters or parish presidents for an initial term of four
9 years.
10 (11) (10) One commissioner, who shall be a qualified elector domiciled and
11 residing within the district, shall be jointly appointed by the judges of the city courts
12 within the district exercising juvenile jurisdiction for an initial term of four years.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. R.S. 15:1109.1(A)(11) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
15 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
16 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
17 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
18 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
19 effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 36 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Butler
Abstract: Removes Evangeline Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile
Justice District.
Present law (R.S. 15:1109) provides for the membership of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile
Justice District.
Proposed law amends present law to remove Evangeline Parish as a member.
Present law (R.S. 15:1109.1) provides for the membership of the Acadiana Regional
Juvenile Justice District Commission.
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HLS 26RS-509 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 36
Proposed law amends present law to reduce the number of commissioners from 11 to 10 and
removes from the commission a qualified elector who is domiciled and residing within
Evangeline Parish, who is jointly appointed by the chief judge and district attorney for the
30th JDC and the sheriff of Evangeline Parish.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 15:1109(A) and 1109.1(A)(intro. para.) and (3)-(10); Repeals R.S.
15:1109.1(A)(11))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of
Criminal Justice to the original bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Provide for an effective date upon the governor's signature or lapse of time for
gubernatorial action.
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