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LouisianaSB 112025 Regular SessionSenate

MOTOR VEHICLES: Provide for penalties for certain traffic offenses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsored By: Jay Luneau (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Stricter right-lane rules for Louisiana drivers

Beginning August 1, 2025, drivers below the posted maximum speed on multilane highways must use the available right lane. They may instead stay as close as practical to the right curb or road edge. Exceptions cover passing a vehicle traveling in the same direction or preparing for a left turn at an intersection, private road, or driveway. Fines are $150 for a first offense, $250 for a second, and $350 for a third; the second and third must occur within 12 months of the first. For the third offense, a court may impose up to 30 days in jail instead of, or alongside, the fine.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jay Luneau

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Brian Leonard Glorioso

    Republican • House

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

  • Cameron Henry

    Republican • Senate

  • Chad Brown

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Edward J. Price

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gary Carter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Glen Womack

    Republican • Senate

  • Joseph Bouie

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Kim Carver

    Republican • House

  • Kirk Talbot

    Republican • Senate

  • Mandie Landry

    Democratic • House

  • Patrick Connick

    Republican • Senate

  • Patrick McMath

    Republican • Senate

  • Peter F. Egan Sr.

    Republican • House

  • Robert "Bob" Owen

    Republican • Senate

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

  • Stewart Cathey Jr.

    Republican • Senate

  • William "Bill" Wheat Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 122 • No: 19

House vote • 5/28/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 16. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 78 • No: 16

House vote • 5/19/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/23/2025

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 3 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 3

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 24.

    6/4/2025Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2025.

    6/4/2025Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/30/2025.

    6/1/2025Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/29/2025Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/29/2025House

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 16. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/28/2025House

  7. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/28/2025Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2025.

    5/27/2025House

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/21/2025House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/20/2025House

  11. Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/19/2025House

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

    4/24/2025House

  13. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 3 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/23/2025Senate

  14. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    4/23/2025House

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/22/2025Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    4/16/2025Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    4/14/2025Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    3/17/2025Senate

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