SLS 22RS-536 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 295
BY SENATOR BARROW
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Provides for parole eligibility for certain offenders. (gov
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1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:574.4(K), relative to parole; to provide eligibility for parole consideration
3 for offenders serving a life sentence for offenses committed on or before July 2,
4 1973; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(K) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility; juvenile offenders
8 * * *
9 K. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an offender
10 serving a life sentence, for any offense committed on or before July 2, 1973,
11 shall immediately be eligible for parole consideration.
12 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
13 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
14 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
15 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
16 effective on the day following such approval.
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SLS 22RS-536 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Whitney Kauffeld.
DIGEST
SB 295 Original 2022 Regular Session Barrow
Present law provides for parole eligibility for certain offenders under certain circumstances.
Proposed law retains present law and further grants parole eligibility to offenders serving a
life sentence for any offense committed on or before 7/2/73.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 15:574.4(K))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.