DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to additional penalties for certain domestic violence offenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

This bill increases penalties for specific domestic violence offenses in Louisiana, particularly those involving strangulation. It directly affects individuals charged with battery against dating partners or domestic abuse battery who use strangulation or cause serious bodily injury. Under the new rules, offenders who strangle their victims face up to three years in hard labor, while those who strangle and cause serious injury must serve between five and fifty years without the possibility of probation or parole. Additionally, anyone who intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury during these crimes could face up to eight years in hard labor. These changes add mandatory prison time to existing punishments for the most severe forms of intimate partner violence.