SB 422 — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for unsupervised probation in certain circumstances for fourth offense operating while impaired. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

SLS 26RS-1144 ENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.

422 BY SENATOR MILLER CRIME/PUNISHMENT.AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

Provides for unsupervised probation in certain circumstances for fourth offense operating while impaired.

(8/1/26) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

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13:5301etseq.,13:5301 et seq., supervised probation, or parole, the court shall order that, beginning on the date of the offender's release from incarceration or the offender's completion of home incarceration, a treatment program or drug division probation program, supervised probation, or parole, the offender be placed on unsupervised Pageprobation, 1with the unsupervised probation ending either upon the full term date of 2the Coding:original sentence or twenty years from the date of sentencing, whichever period is longer.

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SLS 26RS-1144 ENGROSSED SB NO.

422 probation,ENROLLED withE. the unsupervised probation ending either upon the full term date of the original sentence or twenty years from the date of sentencing, whichever period is longer.

E.In addition to anyother penalty, the court shall order, upon motion of the prosecuting district attorney, that the vehicle being operated by the offender at the time oftheoffensebeseized andimpounded,andsold atauctionin accordancewith the provisions of R.S.

In addition to anyother penalty, the court shall order, upon motion of the prosecuting district attorney, that the vehicle being operated by the offender at the time ofthe offensebeseizedandimpounded,andsold atauctionin accordancewith the provisions of R.S.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 422 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Miller Present law provides that on a fourth or subsequent offense of operatingwhile impaired, an offender will be fined $5,000 and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than years nor more than 30 years, with two years of imprisonment being served without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, unless certain circumstances apply.

Proposed law retains present law and provides that unless the court suspends all or part of the remainder of the offender's sentence of imprisonment, after the offender completes his incarcerationperiod,homeincarcerationperiod,activetreatmentordrugdivisionprobation program, active probation, or parole, the court will place the offender on unsupervised probation until either the completion date of his original sentence or 20 years from the date of sentencing, whichever is longer.

Effective August 1, 2026.

(Amends R.S.

14:98(D);

adds R.S.

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