HI HR129

Requests the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct a study on special sentencing for habitual violent felons by twenty days prior to the 2025 Regular Session.

Study should examine whether habitual violent felons should receive mandatory minimum imprisonment of not less than thirty years and a mandatory indeterminate life sentence.

Defines a "habitual violent felon" as an individual at least eighteen years old with a current conviction for murder in the second degree or class A/B violent felony, plus at least two prior separate felony convictions for violent crimes.

Defines "crime of violence" to include murder, manslaughter, assault in the first degree, kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, and burglary in the first degree.

Study should also evaluate parole eligibility restrictions and limitations on pre-release, furlough, or modified imprisonment terms without written gubernatorial authorization.