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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill supports the following legislation in the 2025 Regular Session.

“While we have made huge progress fighting crime since I took office, there is still a lot more work to do. We must continue to address crime across our State, including juvenile crime, electronic monitoring failures, post-conviction relief, illegal aliens, consent decrees, and so ­­­much more. I promised when I was elected that I would hold criminals accountable and ensure justice for victims. It’s also my responsibility to protect the public fisc. This package reflects those priorities. I look forward to working with lawmakers on moving these bills forward to create a safer and stronger Louisiana.” – Attorney General Liz Murrill

HB 64 – Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Johnson

State Sovereignty

• Requires the approval of the Attorney General and the Governor before the State or any political subdivision may enter into a federal consent decree.
• Protects the State from expensive and long-running consent judgments that impose binding obligations on the State or municipal government.

Link to Bill - HB64

SB 100 – Senator Miguez

State Services and Benefits Legal Status and Accountability Act

• Codifies language similar to Governor Landry’s 2024 Executive Order on the costs of illegal immigration.
• Requires State agencies to report services or benefits have been provided to illegal aliens and calculate the total dollar amount of services provided to individuals identified as illegal aliens.

Link to Bill - SB100

HB 554 – Representative McMakin

Immigrant ID Cards

• A restriction code must accompany any State identification card or driver's license issued to an alien lawfully present in the United States.
• Requires notice to be issued on the illegality and penalty of any non-citizen registering or attempting to vote.

Link to Bill - HB554

HB 27 – Representative Gallé

Emergency Inmate Release Restrictions

• Prohibits the release of inmates during a declared state of emergency without an individualized court order.

Link to Bill - HB27

HB 72 – Representative Dewitt

Collections and prescriptive periods

• Defines “writing” for purposes of prescription of certain debts such as student loans.
• Helps the AG’s Office collect money owed to the State.
• Protects students from litigation by allowing for a 30 year prescription period instead of the current 3 years.

Link to Bill - HB72

HB 483 – Representative Wright

Crypto ATMs

• Defines crypto ATMs and similar kiosks & protects consumers from crypto related scams.
• Provides for a maximum daily transaction limit of $3000 per person at a kiosk.
• Requires a 72 hour hold with the ability to cancel a deposit. (similar to the time on a wire transfer)
• Requires the posting of a scam warning that – no government official will request that cash be deposited into a Crypto ATM.

Link to Bill - HB483

SB 95 – Senator Cloud

Electronic Monitoring

• Increases the penalty for monitoring services who intentionally withhold or intentionally fail to report information and prohibits those companies from providing services for 5 years.
• Requires active monitoring and reporting of a defendant’s violation to the district attorney.
• Mandates maintaining a job or, if the person is a juvenile, the ability to stay in school, participate in after-school activities, or be subject to a curfew.
• Allows for a court or district attorney to issue a warrant for the arrest of a noncompliant individual.
• Terminates participation in an electronic monitoring program, and remands to state custody, after an individual’s third noncompliance hearing.

Link to Bill - SB95

SB 74 – Senator Seabaugh

Juvenile Transfer to District Court

•      Provides that district courts have jurisdiction over felony cases involving a juvenile when the act committed was when the juvenile was 15 years of age or older.
•      Requires the immediate transfer of any such pending cases to district court.
•      This is a venue change, not a law change. These cases will still fall under the Children’s Code, unless additional actions are taken to charge the juvenile as an adult.
•      Empowers juvenile courts to focus on misdemeanors, status offenses, and rehabilitation of children.

Link to Bill - SB74 

HB 303 - Bayham

Fugitive Apprehension Unit

•      Codifies in statute the Fugitive Apprehension Unit within the Office of the Attorney General.
•      The Unit has operated under the Attorney General since 2008.
•      Provides that the unit shall coordinate and assist with State, federal, and local law enforcement to apprehend fugitives, pursue individuals who have violated court-ordered electronic monitoring programs, execute arrest warrants, give priority to fugitives wanted for violent felony offenses, establish fugitive task forces with other State or federal agencies, and identify, pursue, or arrest those who harbor, aid, or conceal a fugitive.

Link to Bill - HB303

HB 572 – Representative Glorioso

Post-Conviction Relief

- Allows for more timely adjudication, resulting in justice for victims.

- Prohibits criminals, convicted by a jury and sentence by a judge, from clogging up the system with frivolous lawsuits that are filed and then held for years or decades.

Link to Bill - HB572

SB 24 - Senator McMath

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Funding

- Reallocates funding to fully fund the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit before dividing remaining funds with the Louisiana Department of Health’s Program Integrity Section.

- Allows for a higher drawdown of federal match dollars.

     Link to Bill - SB24

HB 560 – Representative Egan

Medical Assistance Program

- Clarifies the Attorney General’s first right of action against Medicaid fraud.

- Details the conditions required by a facility or managed care organization to qualify or remain certified.

- Puts Louisiana into federal compliance, allowing for a higher drawdown of federal match dollars.

Link to Bill - HB560

SB 39 – Senator Morris

False Imprisonment Suits

- Defines “false imprisonment” and “unlawful detention of a convicted prisoner.”

- Requires that if the offender fails to timely initiate or pursue the procedure required to invalidate the offender's confinement or any part thereof, the lawsuit shall be dismissed with prejudice as frivolous.

- Details the circumstances in which there is no cause of action against the State or department.

Link to Bill - SB39

HB 193 – Representative Amedee

Prisoners – Failure to Exhaust

- Streamlines regulations that already exist in 2 different area of statute.

- States that if a prisoner fails to timely initiate or pursue his administrative remedies within the deadlines established, his claim is abandoned and any subsequent claim shall be dismissed with prejudice.

- Provides that failure to exhaust administrative remedies may be raised by peremptory exceptions.

Link to Bill - HB193

HB 199 – Representative Edmonston

Prisoners - in forma pauperis proceedings

- Requires the submission of a certified copy of the trust fund account statement or institutional equivalent for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, notice of appeal, or writ application.

- Requires a prisoner who is no longer incarcerated at the time of his application to proceed in forma pauperis shall submit an affidavit of present assets and support documents for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, notice of appeal, or writ application.

Link to Bill - HB199

HB 101 – Muscarello

Wrongful Convictions

- Shifts responsibility for defending civil suits from AG/State to parishes, to align with federal 1983 liability and requires an election of remedies.

- Aligns responsibility of parishes to encourage defense of convictions.

Link to Bill - HB101

HB 123 – Carlson

e-Filing Fee Deferral for Government Entities

- Provides that "court costs" include costs, user fees, and recording fees charged by each clerk of court for electronic filing of civil and criminal pleadings, fees for electronic filing of documents, and related convenience, transaction, or service fees for electronic filings.

- Provides clarity and uniformity in the way the State pays court costs and to defer court costs as already established in statute.

Link to Bill - HB123