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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 278
BY REPRESENTATIVES HAVARD AND THIBAUT
CORRECTIONS: Adds "correctional facility employee" to the list of specific victims of the
crime of first degree murder
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 14:30(A)(12) and (B)(4), relative to first degree murder; to add "correctional2
facility employee" to the list of specific victims of the crime of first degree murder;3
to provide for a definition of "correctional facility employee"; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 14:30(A)(12) and (B)(4) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง30. First degree murder8
A. First degree murder is the killing of a human being:9
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(12) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily11
harm upon a correctional facility employee who is in the course and scope of his12
employment.13
B.14
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(4) For purposes of Paragraph (A)(12) of this Section, the term "correctional16
facility employee" means any employee of any jail, prison, or correctional facility17
that is not a peace officer as defined by the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this18
Subsection.19
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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)]
Havard HB No. 278
Abstract: Adds "correctional facility employee" to the list of specific victims of the crime
of first degree murder.
Present law defines first degree murder as the killing of a human being when certain
circumstances exist or when the specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm is
directly related to the victim's status.
Present law provides that persons convicted of first degree murder shall be punished by
death or life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension
of sentence.
Proposed law adds "correctional facility employee" to the present law list of specific victims
of the crime of first degree murder.
Proposed law defines "correctional facility employee" as any employee of any jail, prison,
or correctional facility that is not a "peace officer" as defined by present law.
(Adds R.S. 14:30(A)(12) and (B)(4))