RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 288 (HB 450) 2020 Regular Session Hilferty
Existing law defines the crime of simple burglary as the unauthorized entering of any
dwelling, vehicle, watercraft, or other structure, movable or immovable, or any cemetery,
with the intent to commit a felony or any theft therein.
Existing law provides that whoever commits the crime of simple burglary shall be fined not
more than $2,000, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than 12 years, or both.
New law retains existing law and adds that if the offender, while committing the existing law
crime of simple burglary, is armed with a firearm or, after entering, arms himself with or
possesses a firearm, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less
than three nor more than 12 years.
Effective Aug. 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 14:62(B))