SLS 23RS-322 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 117
BY SENATOR HARRIS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIME/PUNISHMENT. Provides relative to the crime of assault by drive-by shooting.
(8/1/23)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:37.1(B) and (C), relative to the crime of assault by drive-by
3 shooting; to provide for certain penalties; to provide relative to the term "drive-by
4 shooting"; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:37.1(B) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง37.1. Assault by drive-by shooting
9 * * *
10 B. Whoever commits an assault by drive-by shooting shall be imprisoned for
11 not less than one year three years nor more than five ten years, with or without hard
12 labor, and without benefit of suspension of sentence.
13 C. As used in this Section and in R.S. 14:30(A)(1) and 30.1(A)(2), the term
14 "drive-by shooting" means the discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle on a
15 public street, or highway, or interstate highway with the intent either to kill, cause
16 harm to, or frighten another person.
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SLS 23RS-322 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
SB 117 Original 2023 Regular Session Harris
Present law provides for imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years,
with or without hard labor, and without benefit of suspension of sentence for whoever
commits an assault by drive-by shooting.
Proposed law changes the sentence from not less than one year to not less than three years
and from not more than five years to not more than 10 years, with or without hard labor, and
without benefit of suspension of sentence for whoever commits an assault by drive-by
shooting.
Present law defines the term "drive-by shooting" as the discharge of a firearm from a motor
vehicle on a public street or highway with the intent either to kill, cause harm to, or frighten
another person.
Proposed law retains present law and adds "interstate highway" to the term "drive-by
shooting".
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 14:37.1(B) and (C))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.