HLS 18RS-791 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 253
BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNICK
CRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS: Provides relative to the application of the habitual
offender law
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 15:529.1(K), relative to the habitual offender law; to provide relative to the
3 application of the habitual offender law; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 15:529.1(K) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง529.1. Sentences for second and subsequent offenses; certificate of warden or clerk
7 of court in the state of Louisiana as evidence
8 * * *
9 K. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the court shall
10 apply, in its entirety, the provisions of this Section that were in effect on the date that
11 the defendant's instant offense was committed.
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)]
HB 253 Original 2018 Regular Session Connick
Abstract: Provides that a defendant shall be subject to the version of the habitual offender
law that was in effect on the date that the defendant's instant offense was committed.
Present law ("habitual offender law") provides that any person who, after having been
convicted of a felony, thereafter commits any subsequent felony within La., upon conviction
shall be subject to certain enhanced penalties set forth in present law.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 18RS-791 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 253
Proposed law retains present law and provides the court shall apply to a defendant the
provisions of present law that were in effect on the date that the defendant's instant offense
was committed.
(Adds R.S. 15:529.1(K))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.