HB 158

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 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 622
 HOUSE BILL NO. 158
 BY REPRESENTATIVE HORTON
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 900(A)(6)(b), relative to
3probation; to provide relative to technical violations of probation; to provide for
4penalties; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 900(A)(6)(b) is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8Art. 900. Violation hearing; sanctions
9A.
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11(6)
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13(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (5) of this Paragraph,
14any defendant who has been placed on probation by the court for the conviction of
15an offense other than a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or of a sex
16offense as defined by R.S. 15:541, and who has been determined by the court to have
17committed a technical violation of his probation, may be required to serve a sentence
18of not more than ninety days without diminution of sentence. If the sentence is to
19be served in a custodial substance abuse treatment program, the defendant may be
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HB NO. 158  ENROLLED
1required to serve a sentence of not more than one hundred eighty days without
2diminution of sentence.
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  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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