Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.13.2 – Immunities
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.13.2
- Institution: means a public postsecondary education institution. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.12
- Power-based violence: means any form of interpersonal violence intended to control or intimidate another person through the assertion of power over the person and shall include the following:
(a) Dating violence (Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.12
A. A person acting in good faith who reports or assists in the investigation of a report of an incident of power-based violence, or who testifies or otherwise participates in a disciplinary process or judicial proceeding arising from a report of such an incident:
(1) Shall be immune from civil liability and from criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of those actions.
(2) May not be subjected to any disciplinary action by the institution in which the person is enrolled or employed for any violation by the person of the institution’s code of conduct reasonably related to the incident for which suspension or expulsion from the institution is not a possible punishment.
B. Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to a person who perpetrates or assists in the perpetration of the incident reported under La. Rev. Stat. 17:3399.13.
Acts 2021, No. 439, §2, eff. June 21, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 472, §2, eff. June 29, 2021.