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DIGEST
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SB 413 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Miller
Present law (C.Cr.P. Art. 893) provides that the court may terminate probation as
"satisfactorily completed" at any time if a final determination is made that the defendant is
in compliance with all other terms and conditions of his probation.
Proposed law provides that a court will not terminate probation early if proposed law making
certain offenses ineligible for earned compliance credits prohibits doing so.
Present law (C.Cr.P. Art. 897) provides that in a felony case, the court may terminate
probation early, or as unsatisfactory, and discharge the defendant at any time after the
expiration of one year of probation in certain circumstances.
Proposed law provides that the court, for a conviction of operating a vehicle while
intoxicated, vehicular homicide, or first degree vehicular negligent injuring, shall not
terminate probation early, or as unsatisfactory, and discharge the defendant.
Present law provides that in a misdemeanor case, the court may terminate the defendant's
suspended sentence or probation and discharge him at any time when certain conditions are
met.
Proposed law amends present law to prohibit the termination of the defendant's suspended
sentence or probation if the offense is vehicular negligent injuring.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Arts. 893(I)(4) and 897(A)(intro. para.) and (B)(intro. para.))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Technical legislative bureau amendments
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of
Criminal Justice to the reengrossed bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Remove provisions relative to early termination of parole.
3. Relative to termination of probation or suspended sentence, move proposed law
relative to vehicular negligent injuring from provisions of present law pertaining
to felony cases to provisions of present law pertaining to misdemeanor cases.
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