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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Concurrent Resolution

HCR 18: INDIGENT DEFENSE: Creates a task force to study funding mechanisms for 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

HCR 18 is a concurrent resolution introduced in the Louisiana House on April 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: INDIGENT DEFENSE: Creates a task force to study funding mechanisms for the office of the state public defender. Primary sponsor: Mike Bayham (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 23, 2025): Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mike BayhamPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse103

“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. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sources

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