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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 670
BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH
CRIME: Provides for intensive parole supervision for certain offenders sentenced as
habitual offenders
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:529.2, relative to intensive parole supervision; to authorize certain habitual2
offenders to participate in intensive parole supervision; to provide for applicability;3
to provide criteria; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:529.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง529.2. Intensive parole supervision for certain habitual offenders7
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the secretary8
of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may release to intensive parole9
supervision as defined in R.S. 15:574.4.4 any person sentenced pursuant to R.S.10
15:529.1 and denied eligibility for diminution of sentence when the offender meets11
the requirements of this Section and of any rules or regulations adopted by the12
secretary in accordance with the provisions of this Section.13
B. The secretary may only release offenders pursuant to the provisions of14
this Section if all of the following conditions exist:15
(1) The offender has no convictions for a crime of violence as defined in16
R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.17
(2) The offender is within six months of his projected release date.18
(3) The offender has not committed any major disciplinary offenses in the19
twelve consecutive months prior to release.20 HLS 14RS-1304 ENGROSSED
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(4) The offender has completed the mandatory minimum of one hundred1
hours of prerelease programming in accordance with R.S. 15:827.1.2
(5) The offender has completed substance abuse treatment as applicable.3
(6) The offender has obtained a high school equivalency diploma, unless the4
offender has previously obtained a high school diploma or is deemed by a certified5
educator as being incapable of obtaining a high school equivalency diploma due to6
a learning disability. If the offender is deemed incapable of obtaining a high school7
equivalency diploma, the offender shall complete at least one of the following:8
(a) A literacy program.9
(b) An adult basic education or general education development program.10
(c) A job skills program.11
(7) The offender has obtained a low-risk level designation determined by a12
validated risk assessment instrument approved by the secretary.13
(8) The offender has completed a reentry program to be determined by the14
Department of Public Safety and Corrections.15
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)]
Smith HB No. 670
Abstract: Authorizes intensive parole supervision for certain habitual offenders.
Proposed law provides that the secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections may
release to intensive parole supervision any person sentenced as a habitual offender and
denied eligibility for diminution of sentence if all of the following conditions are met:
(1)The offender has not been convicted of a crime of violence or a sex offense.
(2)The offender has not committed any major disciplinary offenses in the 12
consecutive months prior to the parole eligibility date.
(3)The offender is within six months of his projected release date.
(4)The offender has completed the mandatory minimum of 100 hours of prerelease
programming.
(5)The offender has completed substance abuse treatment as applicable. HLS 14RS-1304 ENGROSSED
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(6)The offender has obtained a high school equivalency diploma (GED) unless the
offender has previously obtained a high school diploma or is deemed by a certified
educator as being incapable of obtaining a GED due to a learning disability. If the
offender is deemed incapable of obtaining a GED, the offender must complete at
least one of the following: a literacy program, an adult basic education program, or
a job-skills training program.
(7)The offender has obtained a low-risk level designation determined by a validated risk
assessment instrument approved by the secretary of DPS&C.
(8)The offender has completed a reentry program to be determined by the DPS&C.
(Adds R.S. 15:529.2)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal
Justice to the original bill.
1. Specified that disciplinary offenses within the last 12 months must be major
disciplinary offenses in order to render a person ineligible for intensive parole
supervision.