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ENROLLEDHCAHB126 4872 2084 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.
126 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative MANDIEMandie LANDRY,Landry ADAMS,AMENDMENT AMEDEE,NO. 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.
15:284(A),1 (D),On andpage (F),1, relativeline to2, thechange use“R.S. of facility dogs;
15:284(A),” to provide“R.S. for the use of facility dogs by victims of sex offenses;
and15:284(A), to(D), provideand for(F),” relatedAMENDMENT matters.NO.
Be2 itOn enactedpage by1, theline Legislature5, ofchange Louisiana:“R.S.
Section15:284(A) 1.is” to “R.S.
R.S.15:284(A), (D), and (F) are” AMENDMENT NO.
15:284(A),3 (D),On andpage (F)1, areline hereby7, amendedafter "allow" and reenactedbefore to"witness" readinsert as"a follows:any" AMENDMENT NO.
§284.4 On page 1, line 8, after "or" delete the remainder of the line and at the beginning of line 9, delete "victim of a sex offense as defined in R.S.
Facility15:541" dogs;and insert "anyin a trial for a sex offense as defined in R.S.
use15:541" inAMENDMENT court;NO.
procedure5 A.On page 1, after line 11, add the following:
The"D. 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,To orensure whothat isthe inpresence of a trialfacility fordog adoes sexnot offenseinfluence asthe definedjury inorisnotareflectiononthetruthfulnessofanytestimonythatisofferedbythevictim R.S.or witness, the court shall obscure the presence of the dog from the juryat all times, instruct the jury on the role of the facility dog, and ensure that the facility dog is a trained animal.
15:541The tofacility havedog's beentry accompaniedinto byand aexit facilityfrom dog,the ifcourtroom available,shall accompanythembe whiledone testifyingoutside inthe court.presence of the jury.
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ToThis ensureSection thatmaybe thereferredto presenceand ofmaybe acited facilityas dog"Duvall's doesDuvall 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 mayKarissa's instructLaw"." thePage jury1 on the role of the1 facilityCODING: 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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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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