HLS 10RS-648 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 34
BY REPRESENTATIVE PATRICIA SMITH
PAROLE: Modifies the length of sentence certain offenders must serve prior to becoming
eligible for parole consideration
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4(A)(1), relative to parole eligibility; to modify the2
length of sentence certain offenders must serve in order to become eligible for parole3
consideration; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility; consideration and hearings; decisions of board; nature,7
order, and conditions; rules of conduct; offenders convicted of crimes of8
violence; infectious disease testing9
A.(1) Except as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, a person,10
otherwise eligible for parole, convicted of a first or second felony offense shall be11
eligible for parole consideration upon serving one-third of the sentence imposed;12
upon. Upon conviction of a second third felony offense, such person shall be eligible13
for parole consideration upon serving one-half of the sentence imposed. A person14
convicted of a third fourth or subsequent felony offense shall not be eligible for15
parole.16
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HB NO. 34
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DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Patricia Smith HB No. 34
Abstract: Modifies parole eligibility for certain offenders.
Present law provides that certain offenders are eligible for parole consideration as follows:
(1)A person convicted of a first felony offense shall be eligible for parole consideration
upon serving 1/3 of the sentence imposed.
(2)A person convicted of a second felony offense shall be eligible for parole
consideration upon serving 1/2 of the sentence imposed.
(3)A person convicted of a third or subsequent felony offense shall not be eligible for
parole.
Proposed law changes present law parole eligibility as follows:
(1)A person convicted of a first felony or second offense shall be eligible for parole
consideration upon serving 1/3 of the sentence imposed.
(2)A person convicted of a third felony offense shall be eligible for parole consideration
upon serving 1/2 of the sentence imposed.
(3)A person convicted of a fourth or subsequent felony offense shall not be eligible for
parole.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.4(A)(1))