HB1009 • 2026

CRIME: Provides relative to reckless operation of a vehicle (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Crime

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Dixon McMakin
Last action: 2026-05-21
Official status: Subject to call - Senate final passage - Sched. for 5/31/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on the enforcement mechanisms or penalties for violating the new rule.

Reckless Driving Law

This bill amends the definition of reckless operation of a vehicle to include driving at or above 100 miles per hour.

What This Bill Does

Amends the law so that operating any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance in a criminally negligent or reckless manner is considered reckless operation of a vehicle.
Adds this new rule about speeding to existing laws on reckless driving.

Who It Names or Affects

People who drive vehicles in Louisiana
Law enforcement officers who enforce traffic laws

Terms To Know

Reckless operation of a vehicle: Driving in a way that is dangerous and shows little care for others' safety.
Criminally negligent or reckless manner: Behaving while driving in a way that could cause serious harm to people or property.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the punishment for breaking this new rule.
It is unclear how police will enforce this law on highways and roads without speed cameras.

Bill History

2026-05-21 S
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-21 S
Rules suspended.
2026-05-14 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-13 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-12 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-07 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-04-01 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-01 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-30 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
2026-03-26 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25 H
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 100 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (12-0).

Official Summary Text

CRIME: Provides relative to reckless operation of a vehicle (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-2005 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1009 (Substitute for House Bill No. 100 by Representative
McMakin)
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
CRIME: Provides relative to reckless operation of a vehicle
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:99(A), relative to reckless operation of a vehicle; to provide
3 for behavior which constitutes reckless operation of a vehicle; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:99(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §99. Reckless operation of a vehicle
8 A. Reckless operation of a vehicle is any of the following:
9 (1) the The operation of any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or other means
10 of conveyance in a criminally negligent or reckless manner.
11 (2) The operation of a motor vehicle at or above one hundred miles per hour.
12 * * *
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 1009 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session McMakin
Abstract: Adds the operation of a motor vehicle over 100 miles per hour to reckless
operation of a vehicle.
Present law provides that reckless operation of a vehicle is the operation in a criminally
negligent or reckless manner.
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-2005 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 1009
Proposed law provides that reckless operation of a vehicle is also the operation at or over
100 miles per hour.
(Amends R.S. 14:99(A))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.