SB 15 (2025)
Allow sentence of hard labor for some crimes
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Last updated 2026-01-30 7:33 pm
Summary:
Sets a mandatory minimum 10-year prison sentence for the crime of "distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting" (someone dies after using drugs the person supplied).
The Senate amended the bill so that the 10-year minimum only applies in cases involving fentanyl.
The House rewrote the bill to instead allow a sentence of hard labor for capital murder and aggravated felonious sexual assault on a child under 13.
Status:
Public Hearing Date:
10/23/2025 10:00 am
Public Hearing Location:
GP Room 159
House Voting Date:
01/07/2026
Senate Voting Date:
01/30/2025
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