HB100 • 2026

CRIME: Creates the crime of felony speeding (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Crime

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Dixon McMakin
Last action: 2026-03-25
Official status: Substitute adopted on the House floor (became HB1009)
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CRIME: Creates the crime of felony speeding (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

What This Bill Does

CRIME: Creates the crime of felony speeding (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

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Amendments

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House Committee Amendment #2020 ACRJ Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB100 4825 2020 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Substitute for Original House Bill No.

HCAHB100 4825 2020 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Substitute for Original House Bill No.
100 by Representative McMakin as proposed by the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice This document reflects the content of a substitute bill but is not in a bill form; page numbers in this document DO NOT correspond to page numbers in the substitute bill itself.
1 To amend and reenact R.S.
14:99(A), relative to reckless operation of a vehicle; to provide 2 for behavior which constitutes reckless operation of a vehicle; and to provide for 3 related matters.

Bill History

2026-03-25 H
Becomes HB 1009.
2026-03-24 H
Reported by substitute (12-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-13 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
2026-02-09 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-09 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIME: Creates the crime of felony speeding (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-369 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 100
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
CRIME: Creates the crime of felony speeding
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:99.3, relative to offenses affecting the public safety; to create the crime of
3 felony speeding; to provide for penalties; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 14:99.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 §99.3. Felony speeding
7 A. Felony speeding is the operation of a motor vehicle when the speed of the
8 vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit by at least thirty miles per hour.
9 B. Whoever commits the crime of felony speeding shall be fined not less
10 than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than
11 six months, or both.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 100 Draft 2026 Regular Session McMakin
Abstract: Creates the crime of felony speeding.
Proposed law creates the crime of felony speeding when the speed of the vehicle exceeds the
any speed limit by at least 30 miles per hour.
Proposed law provides a penalty for felony speeding of a fine not less than $1,000 or
imprisonment with or without hard labor for not less than six months, or both.
(Adds R.S. 14:99.3)
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