RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 698 (HB 453) 2024 Regular Session Kerner
Existing law (C.Cr.P. Art. 571) provides that there is no time limitation upon the institution
of prosecution for any crime for which the punishment may be death or life imprisonment
or for the crime of forcible or second degree rape (R.S. 14:42.1).
New law retains existing law and adds that there is no time limitation upon the institution of
prosecution for molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability
(R.S. 14:81.2).
Existing law (C.Cr.P. Art. 571.1) provides for a list of certain sex offenses that are subject
to a 30-year period within which to institute prosecution, and further provides that the 30-
year period commences when the victim attains the age of 18.
New law changes prior law to remove molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical
or mental disability (R.S. 14:81.2) from this list of crimes subject to the 30-year period.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Arts. 571 and 571.1)