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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 213
BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:32(C)(1), (2)(a), and (3), relative to the crime of negligent
3 homicide; to provide for penalties; to provide relative to the elements of this offense
4 when the victim is killed by a dog or other animal; to provide for increased penalties;
5 and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:32(C)(1), (2)(a), and (3) are hereby amended and reenacted to
8 read as follows:
9 ยง32. Negligent homicide
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11 C.(1) Except as provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever
12 commits the crime of negligent homicide shall be imprisoned with or without hard
13 labor for not more than five ten years, fined not more than five thousand dollars, or
14 both.
15 (2)(a) If the victim killed was under the age of ten years, the offender shall
16 be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of
17 sentence, for not less than two nor more than five ten years.
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19 (3) If the victim was killed by a dog or other animal and the owner of the dog
20 or other animal was criminally negligent, the owner of the dog or other animal shall
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1 be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five ten years or fined not
2 more than five thousand dollars, or both.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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