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HB69 • 2026

DWI: Provides relative to ignition interlock device offenses

DWI: Provides relative to ignition interlock device offenses

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Debbie Villio
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 49
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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DWI: Rules for Ignition Interlock Devices

This act changes the rules about ignition interlock devices for people who have been convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) and are on probation or other legal restrictions.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law to say that anyone who is not allowed to drive without an ignition interlock device must follow certain rules.
  • Requires these individuals to only use a car if it has a working ignition interlock device.
  • Doesn't allow them to ask others to start their cars for them using the ignition interlock device.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who have been convicted of DWI and are on probation or other legal restrictions that require an ignition interlock device.

Terms To Know

Ignition Interlock Device
A device installed in a car to prevent it from starting if the driver has been drinking alcohol.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify what happens if someone breaks these rules.
  • It is unclear how strictly this law will be enforced or what penalties might apply for violations.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-11 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 49.

  3. 2026-05-05 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-04 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-04-29 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-04-28 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-04-27 S

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-04-20 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. 2026-04-15 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-14 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-04-01 S

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

  12. 2026-03-31 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. 2026-03-31 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-03-30 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.

  15. 2026-03-26 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. 2026-03-25 H

    Reported favorably (11-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

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

  18. 2026-02-06 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.

  19. 2026-02-02 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  20. 2026-02-02 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

DWI: Provides relative to ignition interlock device offenses

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 492026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 69
BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:334(A), relative to ignition interlock devices; to add a
3 reference to the Code of Criminal Procedure; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 14:334(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 §334. Ignition interlock device offenses
7 A. No A person who, as a condition of probation or any other provision of
8 law, is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle unless it is equipped with an
9 ignition interlock device as provided in R.S. 15:306, Code of Criminal Procedure
10 Article 320(C), or any other provision of law, shall not:
11 (1) Operate, lease, or borrow a motor vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped
12 with a functioning ignition interlock device.
13 (2) Request or solicit any other person to blow into an ignition interlock
14 device or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of
15 providing the person so restricted with an operable motor vehicle.
16 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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