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HLS 26RS-767 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 520
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
CLERKS OF COURT: Requires the clerk of court to grant access to officers of the court
information regarding sex offenses and violent crimes
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5992(B)(1), relative to information provided by clerks of
3 court; to provide for the dissemination of information regarding violent crimes and
4 sex offenses; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:5992(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §5992. Truth and Transparency in the Louisiana Criminal Justice System Program;
8 creation, authority, and duties
9 * * *
10 B. For purposes of this program, each district clerk of court shall have has
11 the following duties and obligations:
12 (1)(a) Each district clerk of court responsible for maintaining criminal
13 records shall provide the public with electronic access to all minute entries as defined
14 in Subsection C of this Section, or summary thereof, involving any and all matters
15 in criminal court for any case filed on or after January 1, 2020, by transmission to
16 the online portal maintained by the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority
17 pursuant to R.S. 13:754. No other records or images, other than the minute entries
18 or summary thereof, are required to be transmitted in accordance with this Section.
19 The provisions of this Paragraph shall do not apply to traffic violations.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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HLS 26RS-767 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 520
1 (b) Each district clerk of court responsible for maintaining criminal records
2 shall provide officers of the court with electronic access to all minute entries as
3 defined in Subsection C of this Section, or summary thereof, involving any and all
4 matters in criminal court including but not limited to violent offenses and sexual
5 offenses for any case filed on or after January 1, 2027, by transmission to the online
6 portal maintained by the Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority pursuant to
7 R.S. 13:754. No other records or images, other than the minute entries or summary
8 thereof, are required to be transmitted in accordance with this Section.
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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 520 Original 2026 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Requires clerks of court to provide officers of the court with information
regarding criminal cases including but not limited to violent offenses and sexual
offenses.
Present law requires each district clerk of court responsible for maintaining criminal records
to provide the public electronic access to all minute entries or summaries involving all
matters in criminal court for any case filed on or after Jan. 1, 2020, by transmission to the
online portal maintained by the La. Clerks' Remote Access Authority pursuant to present law
(R.S. 13:754).
Present law provides that no other records or images, other than the minute entries or
summaries, are required to be transmitted in accordance with present law.
Present law does not apply to traffic violations.
Proposed law retains present law and requires each district clerk of court to provide officers
of the court with electronic access to all minute entries or summaries involving all matters
in criminal court including but not limited to violent offenses and sexual offenses for any
case filed on or after Jan. 1, 2027, by transmission to the online portal maintained by the La.
Clerks' Remote Access Authority.
Proposed law provides that no other records or images, other than the minute entries or
summaries, are required to be transmitted in accordance with proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 13:5992(B)(1))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.