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HB 583 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Fontenot
Abstract: Adds false imprisonment while armed with a dangerous weapon to the list of crimes of
violence.
Present law provides for a definition of "crime of violence" which means an offense that has, as an
element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property
of another, and that, by its very nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the
person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense or an offense that
involves the possession or use of a dangerous weapon.
Present law further provides for a list of certain enumerated present law offenses that are included
as crimes of violence.
Proposed law adds the present law (R.S. 14:46.1) crime of false imprisonment while armed with a
dangerous weapon to the list of enumerated crimes of violence.
(Adds R.S. 14:2(B)(25))