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HB845 • 2026

FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to reinstatement fees for certain offenses assessed by the office of motor vehicles (EN +$280,400 SG RV See Note)

FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to reinstatement fees for certain offenses assessed by the office of motor vehicles (EN +$280,400 SG RV See Note)

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Mike Bayham
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 179
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the additional funds will be used or if there are any exceptions to these increased fees.

License Reinstatement Fees for DUI Offenses

This act increases the reinstatement fees for people whose driver's licenses were suspended due to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the fee from $200 to $400 if a person has one prior DUI conviction.
  • Raises the fee from $400 to $600 for each additional DUI conviction beyond two.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who have had their driver’s licenses suspended because of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs.

Terms To Know

Reinstatement fee
The money a person must pay to get back a driver's license that was taken away due to certain offenses.
DUI
Driving Under the Influence, which means driving while affected by alcohol or drugs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify how the additional funds will be used.
  • It is unclear if there are any exceptions to these increased fees for people with multiple DUI convictions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-15 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 179.

  3. 2026-05-13 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-13 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-12 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-12 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-11 S

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-04-28 S

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

  9. 2026-04-27 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-22 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-03-31 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  12. 2026-03-30 S

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

  13. 2026-03-26 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-03-25 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

  15. 2026-03-24 H

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

  16. 2026-03-23 H

    Reported favorably (14-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  18. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  19. 2026-02-27 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  20. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to reinstatement fees for certain offenses assessed by the office of motor vehicles (EN +$280,400 SG RV See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 1792026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 845
BY REPRESENTATIVES BAYHAM AND PHELPS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:414(I)(1), relative to reinstatement fees for certain suspended
3 licenses; to provide for an increase in reinstatement fees applicable to a person
4 whose license was suspended for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence
5 of alcoholic beverages, narcotic drugs, or certain stimulants; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:414(I)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §414. Suspension, revocation, renewal, and cancellation of licenses; judicial review
10 * * *
11 I.(1) The reinstatement fee for a license of a person who has been convicted
12 of or forfeited bond on or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a charge of
13 operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of beverages of high alcoholic
14 content, of low alcoholic content, of narcotic drugs, or of central nervous system
15 stimulants shall be one two hundred dollars if one conviction appears listed on his
16 record prior to application for reinstatement; two four hundred dollars if two such
17 convictions appear on his record prior to application for reinstatement; and three six
18 hundred dollars for each conviction on his record after the second conviction prior
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1 to application for reinstatement, and the requirements of R.S. 32:896 relative to proof
2 of financial responsibility have been satisfied.
3 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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