LA HB675

Establishes a two-year time limitation for filing post-conviction relief applications after a judgment becomes final, with limited exceptions for newly discovered facts or retroactive constitutional law interpretations

Requires courts to conduct preliminary review of applications within 30 days and mandates specific deadlines throughout the process, including 180 days for evidentiary hearings when needed

Creates automatic abandonment of applications when petitioners fail to file any pleading for two years, and requires shell petitions pending as of July 1, 2025 to be fully briefed by July 1, 2026

Bars defendants who plead guilty on or after August 1, 2025 from asserting factual innocence claims, and eliminates the "interest of justice" exception for considering claims already litigated on appeal

Grants both district attorneys and the attorney general the right to suspensively appeal any order granting post-conviction relief, and requires service of petitions on both offices