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LA HB260

Bill

Status

Passed

6/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Debbie Villio

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds "resisting a police officer with force or violence" to the list of predicate felonies for second degree murder, meaning a death occurring during this offense can be charged as second degree murder even without intent to kill

  • Creates a new form of manslaughter for unlawfully distributing or dispensing controlled dangerous substances (Schedules I-V) that significantly contributes to the death of the person who ingested the drugs

  • Extends manslaughter liability to drug distributors in chain-of-distribution cases, where substances are sold to an intermediary who then distributes them to someone who dies from ingestion

  • Officially named "The Segus Jolivette Act"

  • Becomes effective upon the governor's signature or upon expiration of the signing period

Legislative Description

Provides relative to homicide (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIME/HOMICIDE

Last Action

Effective date: 06/08/2025.

6/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary C5/13/2025
Administration of Criminal Justice4/1/2025

Full Bill Text

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