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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 413
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
PARDON/PAROLE: Provides with respect to parole eligibility
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4(A)(2), relative to parole eligibility; to provide that2
offenders convicted of certain offenses are not eligible for parole consideration after3
having served a certain number of years; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility7
A.8
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or any10
other law to the contrary, unless eligible for parole at an earlier date, a person11
committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for a term or terms12
of imprisonment with or without benefit of parole for thirty years or more shall be13
eligible for parole consideration upon serving at least twenty years of the term or14
terms of imprisonment in actual custody and upon reaching the age of forty-five.15
This provision shall not apply to a person serving a life sentence unless the sentence16
has been commuted to a fixed term of years. The provisions of this Paragraph shall17
not apply to any person who has been convicted under the provisions of R.S. 14:64.18
The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to any person who has been19 HLS 14RS-1205 ENGROSSED
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convicted of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as1
defined in R.S. 15:541.2
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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)]
Harrison HB No. 413
Abstract: Creates exceptions for certain types of parole eligibility.
Present law provides that a person committed to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections
for a term or terms of imprisonment with or without benefit of parole for 30 years or more
shall be eligible for parole consideration upon serving at least 20 years of the term or terms
of imprisonment in actual custody and upon reaching the age of 45.
Present law does not apply to those persons serving life sentences unless the sentence has
been commuted to a fixed term of years and for persons convicted of armed robbery.
Proposed law retains present law and exempts from present law those persons convicted of
crimes of violence or sex offenses.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.4(A)(2))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal
Justice to the original bill.
1. Removed exemption for those persons sentenced as habitual offenders.