LouisianaVermilion Parish would leave the regional juvenile justice district
The enrolled measure would remove Vermilion Parish from the regional juvenile justice district and eliminate its commissioner seat if it takes effect.
What it does
Vermilion Parish would be removed from the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District, leaving eight other listed parishes in the district.
The commission would lose one seat tied to Vermilion Parish and would have ten members rather than eleven.
Argument forRemoving one parish and one commissioner could make the regional board smaller and easier to manage.
Argument againstVermilion Parish residents could lose a direct place on the board that manages regional juvenile justice services.
More detail
The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District would no longer include Vermilion Parish. The district would cover Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Landry, St. Martin, and St. Mary parishes. The change would take effect when the governor signs the Act or when the constitutional time for signing expires; if the legislature overrides a veto, it would take effect the next day.
The district’s commission would have ten members instead of eleven and would no longer include the Vermilion Parish commissioner seat. The removed seat is the one appointed for a qualified Vermilion Parish resident by local Fifteenth Judicial District officials and the Vermilion Parish sheriff. The board changes would take effect when the governor signs the Act or when the constitutional time for signing expires; after a veto override, they would take effect the next day.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 23Becomes Act No. 941 without the Governor's signature.Latest
- Jun 23Effective date: 06/22/2026.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 29Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 28Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1528). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 28Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 11Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 4Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- Apr 29Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 28Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 8Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Minor
- Apr 7Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#334). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 7Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 7Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Mar 31Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Mar 31Notice given.
- Mar 31Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 30Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
- Mar 26Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 25Reported favorably (12-0).Minor
- Mar 24Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
- Mar 23Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
- Feb 20First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 18Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.Introduced
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