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LouisianaSB 4222026 Regular SessionSenate

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for unsupervised probation in certain circumstances for fourth offense operating while impaired. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Gregory A. Miller (Republican)

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Administration of Criminal JusticeJudiciary C

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New penalties for fourth impaired-driving offenses

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana requires unsupervised probation for fourth impaired-driving offenses, except as provided in R.S. 14:98.4(A)(2). It starts after release from incarceration or completion of required home incarceration, treatment, drug division probation, supervised probation, or parole. It ends on the later of the original sentence’s full-term date or 20 years after sentencing. In addition to other penalties, courts must order the vehicle used in the offense seized and impounded when the prosecuting district attorney requests it. The vehicle must be sold at auction under R.S. 14:98(F), which can mean losing a household vehicle.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Gregory A. Miller

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 139 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2026

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

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/13/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes Act No. 603 without the Governor's signature.

    6/1/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    6/1/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026House

  7. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/19/2026Senate

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

    5/18/2026House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

    5/18/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/12/2026House

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

    4/14/2026House

  13. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/13/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/8/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    4/7/2026Senate

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

    3/25/2026Senate

  18. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/24/2026Senate

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