2023 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 117
BY SENATOR HARRIS AND REPRESENTATIVES BACALA, COUSSAN, FISHER,
GAROFALO, HUGHES, TRAVIS JOHNSON, KNOX, MARCELLE,
PIERRE, SELDERS AND WILLARD
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
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
harm to, or frighten another person.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 243
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