HB 56 Louisiana 2026 session

DWI: Provides relative to the imposition of fines for driving while impaired (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Status

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor vote
  4. Passed
  5. Enacted

Passed both chambers — last recorded action April 30, 2026

Becomes Act No. 8 without the Governor's signature.

Recorded votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#328)

35 yes · 0 no · pass April 14, 2026

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FINAL PASSAGE (#69)

97 yes · 0 no · pass March 24, 2026

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Passage likelihood

Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.

State-level impact

State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.

Official actions

  1. Becomes Act No. 8 without the Governor's signature.
  2. Effective date: 04/27/2026.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.
  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  10. Reported favorably.
  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  14. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
  16. Reported favorably (10-0).
  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  18. Prefiled.
  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.
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