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Present law provides that whoever commits the crime of negligent homicide will be sentenced as follows:
(1) When the victim was 10 years of age or older, the offender may be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for 10 years, or both.
(2) When the victim was less than 10 years of age, the offender will be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, for not less than two years nor more than 10 years.
Proposed law increases the maximum period of imprisonment from 10 years to 15 years regardless of the victim's age and otherwise retains present law.
Proposed law provides that an offender who was over 17 years of age at the time the offense was committed will be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than two years nor more than 40 years if:
(1) The victim was less than 17 years of age.
(2) The death was the result of either intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment, abuse, or neglect.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Amends 14:32(C)(1) and (2))