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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 516: INDIGENT DEFENSE: Provides relative to the office of the state public defender

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 516 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: INDIGENT DEFENSE: Provides relative to the office of the state public defender. Primary sponsor: Roy Adams (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 14, 2025): Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roy AdamsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse62

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  2. Prefiled.
  3. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source