HB56 • 2026

DWI: Provides relative to the imposition of fines for driving while impaired (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Debbie Villio
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 8
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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DWI: Provides relative to the imposition of fines for driving while impaired (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

What This Bill Does

DWI: Provides relative to the imposition of fines for driving while impaired (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

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Bill History

2026-04-30 H
Effective date: 04/27/2026.
2026-04-30 H
Becomes Act No. 8 without the Governor's signature.
2026-04-16 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-04-15 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-04-15 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-04-14 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-04-14 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-08 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-07 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-25 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-03-24 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-24 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-23 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
2026-03-23 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-18 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-01-30 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.
2026-01-30 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-01-30 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

DWI: Provides relative to the imposition of fines for driving while impaired (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 8
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 56
BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO
1 AN ACT
2 To repeal R.S. 14:98.1(A)(4), 98.2(A)(5), 98.3(A)(4), and 98.4(A)(3), relative to additional
3 fines imposed for driving while impaired; and to provide for an effective date.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 14:98.1(A)(4), 98.2(A)(5), 98.3(A)(4), and 98.4(A)(3) are hereby
6 repealed in their entirety.
7 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor, or if not
8 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
9 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
10 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
11 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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