HB 54 — PAROLE: Provides relative to alternative conditions for violations of parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HLSENROLLED 26RS-417 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

54 BY REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVES FONTENOT PAROLE:AND CHASSION AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

Provides15:574.7(B)(4) relativeand to(C)(2)(b) alternative conditions for violations of parole AN ACT To amend and reenactto enact R.S.

15:574.7(C)(2)(b) and to enact R.S.

to provide for the placement of paroleesparoleesincertainprogramsasanalternativeto inrevocationofparole;andto certainprovide programsfor asrelated anmatters. alternative to revocation of parole;

and to provide for related matters.

SectionSection1. 1.

R.S.15:574.7(B)(4)and(C)(2)(b)areherebyamendedandreenactedand R.S.

15:574.7(C)(2)(b)15:574.7(C)(2)(c) is hereby amendedenacted andto reenactedread andas R.S.follows:

15:574.7(C)(2)(c) is herebyenacted to read as follows:

administrative sanctions * * * C.(1)B. * * * (2) Upon receiving a summary of the prerevocation proceeding, the committee may order the following:

* * * (b)(4)ForpurposesofthisSubsection,"technicalviolation"meansanyviolation Asanalternativetorevocation,thatof the parolee,asacondition ofparole, be committed to a communitycondition rehabilitationof centerparole oras adefined substancein abuseR.S. treatment programoperatedby,orundercontractwith,thedepartment,foraperiodoftimenot to exceedsix months,without benefitof good time, provided that suchcommitment Page 1 of 3 CODING:

15:574.9(G)(2) R.S.

15:574.9(H)(2).

* * * C.(1) * * * (2) Upon receiving a summary of the prerevocation proceeding, the committee may order the following:

* * * (b) Asanalternativetorevocation,that theparolee,asacondition ofparole, be committed to a community rehabilitation center or a substance abuse treatment programoperatedby,orundercontractwith,thedepartment,foraperiodoftimenot to exceedsix months,without benefitofgood time, provided that such commitment Page 1 of 2 CODING:

HLS 26RS-417 ENGROSSED HB NO.

54 ENROLLED does not extend the period of parole beyond the full parole term.

* * * DIGESTSPEAKER ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislativeOF Services.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 54 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Fontenot Abstract:

Provides for an alternative to parole revocation.

Present law provides for parolee supervision, administrative sanctions, and the authorityof the committee on parole when there is reasonable cause to believe a parole violation has occurred.

Proposed law retains present law generally.

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HLS 26RS-417 ENGROSSED HB NO.

54 Present law permits the committee on parole to commit a parolee, as a condition of parole, to a community rehabilitation center or a substance abuse treatment program operated by, or under contract with, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C), for a period of time not to exceed six months, without benefit of good time, provided that such commitment does not extend the period of parole beyond the full parole term.

Present law further provides for revocation of parole, with credit for time served, if the DPS&Csubmitswrittenrequesttothecommitteethattheoffenderberemovedforviolations of the rules or regulations of the community rehabilitation center or substance abuse program.

Proposed law retains present law relative to the commitment of a parolee to a community rehabilitation center or substance abuse treatment program as an alternative to parole revocation and restructures the provisions of present law.

Proposed law further amends present law to provide that a parolee who violates his parole may be committed to any of the following in lieu of parole revocation:

(1) A mental health treatment program.

(2) A certified treatment and rehabilitation program as provided in present law (R.S.

15:828).

Proposed law changes the maximum duration that the parolee may be committed from six months to one year.

(Amends R.S.

15:574.7(C)(2)(b);

Adds R.S.