SLS 14RS-1642 ENGROSSED
Page 1 of 2
Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 592
BY SENATOR MORRELL
CRIME/PUNISHMENT. Provides relative to penalties for second degree battery. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:34.1(C), relative to the crime of second degree battery; to2
double the possible fines and penalties for commission of second degree battery; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 14:34.1(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง34.1. Second degree battery7
* * *8
C. Whoever commits the crime of second degree battery shall be fined not9
more than two four thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for10
not more than five ten years, or both. At least one year two years of the sentence11
imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of12
sentence if the offender knew or should have known that the victim is an active13
member of the United States Armed Forces or is a disabled veteran and the second14
degree battery was committed because of that status.15 SB NO. 592
SLS 14RS-1642 ENGROSSED
Page 2 of 2
Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 592)
Present law defines and provides penalties for the crime of second degree battery.
Present law provides that the crime of second degree battery is punishable by a fine of up
to $2,000, or imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to five years, or both. Present
law further provides that at least one year of any sentence of imprisonment is to be served
without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence if the offender knew or
should have known that the victim is an active member of the U.S. Armed Forces or is a
disabled veteran and the second degree battery was committed because of that status.
Proposed law increases the maximum fine for second degree battery from $2,000 to $4,000
and increases the maximum period of imprisonment from five years to 10 years. Proposed
law further increases the minimum period of imprisonment that must be served without
benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence if the offender knew or should have
known that the victim is an active member of the U.S. Armed Forces or a veteran from one
year to two years.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 14:34.1(C))