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LouisianaHB 11042026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIME: Prohibits relative to the manufacturing and sale of motor vehicle key programming or emulation devices (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsored By: Dana Henry (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

New limits on vehicle key devices

Louisiana bans knowingly making, selling, offering to sell, or transferring covered vehicle key devices. These include hardware and software that program or copy key fobs, or intercept their signals to unlock or start vehicles. Possession alone is not illegal: circumstances must show intent to use or allow use for theft, unauthorized vehicle entry, or another crime. Lawful, reasonable activity is exempt for law enforcement officers and National Insurance Crime Bureau employees. Exemptions also cover employees of licensed vehicle or vehicle-lock dealers, distributors, and manufacturers, plus mechanic shops, locksmith companies, and repossession agencies. Authorized handlers and people authorized to help or allow device use must report lost or stolen devices within 48 hours of learning about it. Reports go to law enforcement with jurisdiction where the device is known or reasonably believed to have been lost or stolen. Breaking either the ban or reporting rule carries up to a $1,000 fine, six months in jail, or both.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dana Henry

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Adrian Fisher

    Democratic • House

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Candace N. Newell

    Democratic • House

  • Debbie Villio

    Republican • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Larvadain III

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Murray

    Democratic • House

  • Jacob Jules Landry

    Republican • House

  • Joy Walters

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Steven Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Sylvia Elaine Taylor

    Democratic • House

  • Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III

    Republican • House

  • Wilford Carter Sr.

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 141 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 578.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/26/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/25/2026House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/25/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/14/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/13/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/12/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    5/4/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/29/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/29/2026Senate

  14. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/27/2026House

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.

    4/27/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (8-0).

    4/23/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    4/1/2026House

  18. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/31/2026House

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