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HB 275 Original 2026 Regular Session Boyd
Abstract: Increases the penalty for domestic abuse battery in the presence of a child 13 years or younger from up to three years at hard labor to three to six years at hard labor.
Present law provides for the crime and penalty of domestic abuse battery.
Present law provides that when domestic abuse battery is committed in the presence of a minor child aged 13 or younger, in addition to the standard penalty, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for up to three years.
Proposed law increases the enhanced penalty from up to three years to three to six years. Otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:35.3(I))