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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 220
BY REPRESENTATIVES WESLEY BI SHOP, BADON, BROWN, BURRELL,
GUILLORY, HODGES, MORENO, AND NORTON
WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Amends penalty provisions for reckless discharge of a firearm
at a parade
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.2.2(D), relative to reckless discharge of a firearm at a2
parade; to increase penalties; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 14:95.2.2(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:5
ยง95.2.2. Reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade or demonstration6
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D. Whoever commits the crime of reckless or negligent discharge of a8
firearm at a parade or demonstration shall be sentenced to imprisonment at hard9
labor for not less than five nor more than ten fifteen years, at least three years of the10
sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension11
of sentence and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars.12
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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)]
Wesley Bishop HB No. 220
Abstract: Increases the penalty provisions for discharging a firearm at a parade.
Present law provides for the crime of discharging a firearm at a parade.
Present law provides penalty provisions of imprisonment at hard labor for not less than five
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without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, and a fine of not more than
$5,000.
Proposed law increases the penalty from a maximum of 10 years to a maximum of 15 years
and otherwise retains the provisions of present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.2.2(D))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal
Justice to the original bill.
1. Deleted minimum mandatory sentence provision.
2. Increased the maximum possible sentence from 10 years to 15 years.