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LouisianaHB 8062026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIME: Provides relative to hit-and-run driving offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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

Police must quickly share hit-and-run case details

Louisiana’s Jody’s Law requires investigating agencies to adopt rules for quickly notifying other law enforcement agencies about hit-and-runs. Notices must report that a hit-and-run occurred. When known, they must include reported injuries, the vehicle’s make, model and license plate number, and its travel direction. Agencies must share this information through the Louisiana Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, which sends notices to all Louisiana law enforcement agencies. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections’ Office of State Police oversees the system.

Courts must review hit-and-run bail individually

Louisiana courts must use the factors in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 316 when setting bail in every hit-and-run case. They cannot use a fixed bail schedule. The law does not set a specific bail amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Beth Mizell

    Republican • Senate

  • Franklin J. Foil

    Republican • Senate

  • John C. "Jay" Morris

    Republican • Senate

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Valarie Hodges

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 147 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/27/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 3/31/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 0

House vote • 3/25/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 86.

    5/11/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/5/2026House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/4/2026Senate

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

    4/29/2026House

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    4/28/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    4/20/2026Senate

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

    4/15/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/14/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026Senate

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

    4/1/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/31/2026House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.

    3/30/2026House

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

    3/26/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (12-0).

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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