HLS 22RS-333 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 102
BY REPRESENTATIVE MUSCARELLO
PAROLE: Provides relative to parole hearings
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4.1(A)(1), relative to parole consideration and hearings;
3 to provide relative to the time period for parole rehearings for certain prisoners; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4.1(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7follows:
8 ยง574.4.1. Parole consideration and hearings
9 A.(1)(a) The parole hearings shall be conducted in a formal manner in
10 accordance with the rules formulated by the committee and with the provisions of
11 this Part. Before the parole of any prisoner is ordered, such prisoner shall appear
12 before and be interviewed by the committee, except those incarcerated in parish
13 prisons or parish correctional centers, in which case one committee member may
14 conduct the interview. The committee may order a reconsideration of the case or a
15 rehearing at any time.
16 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
17 committee shall consider a parole rehearing of any prisoner who is serving a
18 sentence for first degree murder (R.S. 14:30), second degree murder (R.S. 14:30.1),
19 or manslaughter (R.S. 14:31) no earlier than four years after the initial date of denial
20 of parole.
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HB NO. 102
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 102 Original 2022 Regular Session Muscarello
Abstract: Provides relative to the time period for parole rehearings for prisoners serving
a sentence for first degree murder, second degree murder, or manslaughter.
Present law requires parole hearings to be conducted in a formal manner and in accordance
with the rules formulated by the committee on parole and with provisions of present law.
Further requires prisoners to appear before and be interviewed by the committee on parole
before parole is considered.
Proposed law provides that the committee on parole shall consider a parole rehearing for any
prisoner who is serving a sentence for first degree murder (R.S. 14:30), second degree
murder (R.S. 14:30.1), or manslaughter (R.S. 14:31) no earlier than four years after the
initial date of denial of parole.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.4.1(A)(1))
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