LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 11 HLS 242ES 15
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: February 29, 2024 3:56 PM Author: VILLIO
Dept./Agy.: Corrections
Subject: Violations and Sanctions - Probation and Parole Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
CRIMINAL/SENTENCING EN INCREASE GF EX See Note Page 1 of 2
Provides relative to sanctions for violation of probation or parole conditions (Item #3)
Current law provides that a court may, after a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd conviction for a noncapital felony, suspend (in whole or in part, imposition or execution of a
sentence, and place a defendant on a specified period of probation and supervised release not to exceed 3 years; provides that after a 4th or subsequent
conviction of a noncapital felony, a court may suspend, in whole or in part, imposition or execution of a sentence; provides that if a defendant is ordered to
complete a program provided by a specialty court under La. C.Cr.Pr. Art. 893, the court may place the defendant on a period of probation not to exceed 8
years, but that successful completion of a program may require the period of probation to not exceed 3 years; allows consideration for compliance credits;
mandates that those with technical violations of probation be subject to a delineated list of sentences for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th technical violations of
probation; provides the definition of technical violations of probation and rules regarding custody and supervision of parolees). Proposed law allows the
period of probation to be extended from no more than 3 to no more than 5 years; removes the ability to earn compliance credits toward completion of a
period of probation; amends the definition of compliance to not consider inability to pay fines/fees/restitution; mandates imprisonment for no more than 90
days for technical violations of probation; applies credits for time served only to first parole revocations; places review of technical violations of probation
with courts and review of parole violations with the Committee on Parole; imposes additional conditions relative to parole revocations.
EXPENDITURES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 INCREASE INCREASE $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 INCREASE INCREASE $0
Annual Total $0 $0 $0 $0
REVENUES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 INCREASE INCREASE $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Annual Total
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law will result in an indeterminable increase in SGF expenditures for the Department of Public Safety & Corrections
- Probation and Parole. Proposed law would allow courts to extend probationary periods after suspension or execution of
sentences from three years to five years after August 1, 2024. The exact fiscal impact of the proposed law is indeterminable
because there is no way to determine whether courts will choose to extend probationary periods from a maximum of 3 years
to a maximum of 5 years or the number of impacted parolees.
SGF expenditures will increase by $5.97 per offender per day to the extent that an offender previously subject to have his
sentence suspended and subsequently placed on probation for a maximum period of five years (up from three) would be
subject to a longer period of probation, if determined by the courts. An offender subject to probation with the Department
of Public Safety & Corrections - Probation and Parole would increase expenditures by $2,179.05 for additional each year
($5.97 per day x 365 days) he has been assigned probation. The provisions of proposed law will only apply to offenses
committed on or after August 1, 2024, resulting in cost exposures likely beginning in FY 28 (third year after arrests occurring
on or after 8/1/2024).
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REVENUE EXPLANATION
Proposed law will result in an indeterminable impact to local revenues to courts in the State as a result of the proposed
measure. The proposed law is prospective and the Louisiana Supreme Court advises that there is no way, with certainty, to
determine the volume of future defendants that will sustain technical violations for noncompliance with paying outstanding
fines and fees after August 1, 2024.
There will be an indeterminable increase in self-generated revenue to DPS&C – Probation and Parole to the extent any
offender is required to serve a longer duration of probation pursuant to proposed law. The current daily parole supervision
rate for adult offenders is $5.43 per day, which would result in an annual loss of $1,981.95 ($5.43 x 365) in parole
supervision SGR for each adult offender.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
Patrice Thomas
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee 6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Deputy Fiscal Officer
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Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 11 HLS 242ES 15
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: February 29, 2024 3:56 PM Author: VILLIO
Dept./Agy.: Corrections
Subject: Violations and Sanctions - Probation and Parole Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
CONTINUED EXPLANATION from page one: Page 2 of 2
Proposed law will likely result in an indeterminable increase in local expenditures to courts tasked with reviewing technical
violations of probation, to the extent that hearings for technical violations of probation currently reviewed by the Committee
on Parole with the Department of Public Safety & Corrections will be placed under review by the courts. Proposed law has
the effect of increasing the workload in district courts, which will increase the number of hearings scheduled for review of
technical violations of probation. The exact impact of the enactment of proposed law to local courts is indeterminable,
because it is impossible to determine how many hearings scheduled to review technical violations of probation will be
reviewed by the courts in the future.
Proposed law will likely result in an indeterminable decrease in SGF expenditures for the Department of Public Safety &
Corrections - Parole, to the extent that the Committee on Parole will be provided the discretion to review revocations of
parole for technical violations, and any workload associated with review of technical violations of probation will be placed
under review of courts. Proposed law will also likely result in an indeterminable increase in SGF expenditures for the
Department of Public Safety & Corrections - Parole, to the extent that the Committee on Parole (the committee) orders a
parolee to a community rehabilitation center to complete a substance abuse program (under contract with DPS&C - CS, for
no longer than six months, without benefit of good time) as an alternative to parole revocation or returns a parolee to the
physical custody of the Department of Public Safety & Corrections - Corrections Services (DPS&C-CS) pending a decision on
parole revocation. Proposed law will also likely result in an indeterminable increase in SGF expenditures for the Department
of Public Safety & Corrections - Parole, to the extent that parolees are arrested, provided notice of a pre-revocation hearing
on whether probable cause exists to detain them, and are subsequently detained pending orders of the parole committee’s
decision on whether parole revocation will occur.
The exact impact of the enactment of proposed law to DPS&C is indeterminable, because it is impossible to determine the
number of parole revocations that will occur in the future, the number of pre-revocation hearings that will be conducted by
the Committee on Parole, the number of parolees committed to complete substance abuse treatment as an alternative to
parole revocation, or how many hearings scheduled to review technical violations of parole will be conducted by the
Committee on Parole in the future (relative to any prospective decrease in reviews of technical violations of probation shifted
to courts).
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
Patrice Thomas
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee 6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Deputy Fiscal Officer


Statutes affected:
HB11 Original: 15:7(B)(1), 15:9(H)
HB11 Engrossed: 15:7(B)(1), 15:9(H)
HB11 Reengrossed: 15:7(B)(1), 15:9(H), 15:7(E)
HB11 Enrolled: 15:7(B)(1), 15:9(H), 15:7(E)
HB11 Act 8: 15:7(B)(1), 15:9(H), 15:7(E)