LA HB146

Amends Louisiana's habitual offender law (R.S. 15:529.1) to change how the "cleansing period" between offenses is calculated for determining repeat offender status

Changes the reference point from "expiration of correctional supervision" to "date of completion of sentence, probation, parole, or suspension of sentence" when measuring the 5-year period for general offenses and 10-year period for violent crimes and sex offenses

Reorganizes excluded time periods into a clearer list format, specifying that time spent incarcerated in any penal institution or under probation/parole supervision (in Louisiana or any other state) does not count toward the cleansing period

Maintains the existing 5-year cleansing period for most offenses and 10-year period for crimes of violence (as defined in R.S. 14:2(B)) and sex offenses (as defined in R.S. 15:541)