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House backs bill to centralize juvenile records access while adding privacy guardrails
Summary
Lawmakers passed a measure to create a consolidated juvenile records repository with amendments meant to limit access and protect confidentiality, while clarifying which justice actors can use the records across parish lines.
The Louisiana House voted to approve legislation that would centralize certain juvenile offender information in a way sponsors say will improve access for judges, prosecutors and defenders while keeping stronger privacy protections.
Representative Joseph Villio, sponsor of House Bill 4 45, said the bill "allows us to collect information on juvenile offenders in 1 place" while protecting those records from dissemination outside the criminal-justice system.
During floor debate Villio described the measure as intended…
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