Louisiana Amendment 3 was a legislatively referredconstitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot on March 29, 2025. If passed, the amendment would have allowed the state legislature to determine in state law which specific felony crimes can result in a juvenile being tried as an adult. The referendum failed, with over two-thirds of voters rejecting the proposed amendment.
As outlined in the state constitution, the state legislature, could, by a two-thirds (66.67%) vote, choose to have a juvenile tried as an adult for crimes such as murder, rape and kidnapping. Under the proposed amendment, the section would have been removed from the constitution, and, instead, the legislature would have been authorized to determine in state law which crimes could result in a juvenile being tried as an adult.[1]
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