LIABILITY/CIVIL: Establishes a limitation of liability relative to regional transit operations

HLS 26RS-1090 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 375
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN
LIABILITY/CIVIL: Establishes a limitation of liability relative to regional transit
operations
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 9:2800.31, relative to liability; to provide a limitation of liability relative to
3 regional transit operations; to provide relative to street cars, trackless street or trolley
4 cars, and regional transit entities; to create presumptions; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 9:2800.31 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §2800.31. Limitation of liability; operators of streetcars; trackless street or trolley
9 cars; regional transit entity; presumption
10 A. No operator of a streetcar or trackless street or trolley car shall be liable
11 for any loss or damage to an operator of a motor vehicle unless the operator of the
12 streetcar or trackless street or trolley car acted intentionally or negligently.
13 B. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a streetcar or trackless street
14 or trolley car is not defective and that the regional transit entity, as defined by R.S.
15 48:1501(G)(2), and the operator of the streetcar or trackless street or trolley car did
16 not act negligently.
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HLS 26RS-1090 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 375
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 375 Original 2026 Regular Session Freeman
Abstract: Limits liability of operators of streetcars or trackless street or trolley cars and
creates rebuttable presumptions.
Proposed law limits liability of an operator of a street car or trackless street or trolley car for
any loss or damage to an operator of a motor vehicle unless the operator of the streetcar or
trackless street or trolley car acted intentionally or negligently.
Proposed law creates a rebuttable presumption that a streetcar or trackless street or trolley
car is not defective and that the regional transit entity and operator of the streetcar or
trackless street or trolley car did not act negligently.
(Adds R.S. 9:2800.31)
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