HB243

Provides relative to the appointment of a substitute for a recused district attorney

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Louisiana HB243 establishes procedures for appointing a substitute for a recused district attorney.

Louisiana HB243 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to clarify the process for appointing a substitute for a recused district attorney. When a district attorney is recused, the trial judge must either appoint an attorney qualified as a district attorney and not an assistant to the recused district attorney, or notify the attorney general in writing. In the latter case, the attorney general must then appoint a member of his staff or a district attorney from another district to act in place of the recused district attorney.

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Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

35 Yea

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0 Nay

4 Absent

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Calendar

May 21

12:00 AM

Senate Committee on Judiciary B

May 14

12:00 AM

Senate Committee on Judiciary B

History

Jun 1

House

Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 630.

Jun 1

House

Effective date: 08/01/2026.

May 29

House

Sent to the Governor for executive approval.