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LouisianaHB 8452026 Regular SessionHouse

FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to reinstatement fees for certain offenses assessed by the office of motor vehicles (EN +$280,400 SG RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Michael Robert Bayham Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Higher license restoration fees after impaired driving

Louisiana sets license reinstatement fees based on qualifying impaired-driving convictions on your record before you apply. The fee is $200 for one conviction, $400 for two, and $600 for each conviction after the second. Covered offenses involve driving under the influence of alcohol, narcotic drugs, or central nervous system stimulants. The rule applies after a conviction, bond forfeiture, or guilty or no-contest plea for a covered offense. You must still meet the existing requirements to prove financial responsibility before your license is restored.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Tammy T. Phelps

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 142 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

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 • 3/26/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 3/23/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 179.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/13/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/12/2026House

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

    5/12/2026House

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

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/26/2026House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/24/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (14-0).

    3/23/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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