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Committee approves measure to name Acadiana criminalistics lab after former district attorney Beau Dewey
Summary
House Bill 92 would name the existing Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory after late former district attorney Beau Dewey; the committee reported the bill favorably with proponents noting the lab serves multiple parishes.
House Bill 92, a locally advertised measure to name the Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory after former District Attorney Beau Dewey, was reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs on May 14.
Senator Boudreau presented HB 92 on behalf of Representative Boyer and said the lab, while located in the Lafayette parish district, serves St. Martin, Iberia and Lafayette parishes. The sponsor noted the naming recognizes the late Beau Dewey.
On a motion from Senator Bass the committee reported HB 92 favorably with no recorded objections.
The committee record identifies the measure as an honorific naming of an existing facility; no funding or programmatic changes were discussed in committee.
