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LouisianaHB 4872026 Regular SessionHouse

MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to running red lights (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsored By: Michael Robert Bayham Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Vehicle owners get hearings before red-light booting

Outside Orleans Parish, no one can boot or otherwise immobilize a vehicle over an unpaid automated red-light ticket unless its owner has first been offered an administrative hearing on the ticket. This hearing protection does not apply in Orleans Parish. The rule does not cancel the ticket or guarantee the owner wins. Parishes and cities can also set stricter vehicle-booting rules than this state chapter requires.

Drivers face $250 fine for red-light passing

Louisiana drivers must pay a $250 fine for using a shoulder or turn lane to pass a vehicle stopped or slowing to stop at a red light. This fine applies when the violation causes no injury.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Dana Henry

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 231 • No: 8

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/28/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 22 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 22 • No: 8

House vote • 3/23/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 3/16/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 16 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 808.

    6/9/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/9/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/4/2026House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

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

    5/31/2026House

  6. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    5/29/2026House

  7. Called from the calendar.

    5/29/2026House

  8. Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/29/2026House

  9. Called from the Calendar.

    5/28/2026Senate

  10. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 22 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/28/2026Senate

  11. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/28/2026House

  12. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

    5/28/2026House

  13. Rules suspended.

    5/26/2026Senate

  14. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/26/2026Senate

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

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

  17. Reported favorably.

    5/18/2026Senate

  18. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    3/24/2026Senate

  19. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/23/2026House

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

    3/23/2026Senate

  21. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2026.

    3/18/2026House

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

    3/17/2026House

  23. Reported with amendments (16-0).

    3/16/2026House

  24. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    3/9/2026House

  25. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

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