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ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
HFAHB126 4872 2284 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session Amendments proposed byRepresentativeMandieLandryto Engrossed 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 10, after "R.S.
to provide for the use of facility dogs by victims of sex offenses;
28:451.2, or" delete "any" and insert "who is" Page 1 of 1 CODING:
and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1.
R.S.
15:284(A), (D), and (F) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§284.
Facility dogs;
use in court;
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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