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ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
HCAHB126 4274 1918 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.
126 BY REPRESENTATIVES MANDIE LANDRY, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BAYHAM, BOUDREAUX, BOYD, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, CREWS, DOMANGUE, EGAN, FREIBERG, GALLE, GREEN, DANA HENRY, HILFERTY, JORDAN, KERNER, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, MARTINEZ, MCMAHEN, MCMAKIN, MOORE, MURRAY, OWEN, PHELPS, SAWYER, STAGNI, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, VENTRELLA, AND WYBLE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
126 by Representative Mandie Landry AMENDMENT NO.
15:284(A), (D), and (F), relative to the use of facility dogs;
1 On page 1, line 2, change “R.S.
to provide for the use of facility dogs by victims of sex offenses;
15:284(A),” to “R.S.
and to provide for related matters.
15:284(A) and (F),” AMENDMENT NO.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
2 On page 1, line 5, change “R.S.
Section 1.
15:284(A) is” to “R.S.
R.S.
15:284(A) and (F) are” AMENDMENT NO.
15:284(A), (D), and (F) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
3 On page 1, after line 11, add the following:
§284.
"F.
Facility dogs;
ThisSectionmaybereferredtoandmaybecitedas"Duvall'sDuvalland Karissa's Law".
use in court;
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procedure A.
The court shall allow a anywitness who is either under eighteen years of age, or who has a developmental disabilityas defined in R.S.
28:451.2, or who is in a trial for a sex offense as defined in R.S.
15:541 to have be accompanied by a facility dog, if available, accompanythem while testifying in court.
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To ensure that the presence of a facility dog does not influence the jury orisnotareflectiononthetruthfulnessofanytestimonythatisofferedbythevictim or witness, the court shall may order that the presence of the dog be obscured from the jury at all times and may instruct the jury on the role of the facility dog and, on thecourt'sownmotionoruponrequestofeitherparty.Thecourtshallensurethatthe facility dog is a trained animal.
The facility dog's entry into and exit from the courtroom shall be done outside the presence of the jury and all precautions should be taken to obscure the presence of the dogfrom the jury.
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Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
HB NO.
126 ENROLLED F.
This Section maybe referredto and maybe cited as "Duvall's Duvall and Karissa's Law".
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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