House committee advances criminal justice bills. One could cost state over $4M next year

Published: May 19, 2025

By: Anna Puleo (LSU Manship School News Service)

BATON ROUGE–The House Appropriations Committee on Monday advanced two major criminal justice bills, including a post-conviction change that could cost the state more than $4 million next year.

House Bill 675, by Rep. Brian Glorioso, R-Pearl River, would limit when and how incarcerated people can appeal convictions. It stops those who pled guilty from claiming factual innocence, speeds up deadlines in death-row cases and allows the attorney general to take over some post-conviction cases.

It also says applications are considered abandoned if no filings are made within two years, regardless of the case’s stage.

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