SB58 • 2026

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated flight from a law enforcement officer. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Crime

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Caleb Kleinpeter
Last action: 2026-05-22
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 349
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how insurance proceeds will be handled if they are not seized as required.

Mandatory Minimum Sentence for Aggravated Flight from a Law Enforcement Officer

This act imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of two years at hard labor without parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for aggravated flight from an officer that results in serious bodily injury.

What This Bill Does

Requires anyone who commits aggravated flight from an officer resulting in serious bodily injury to be imprisoned for at least two years and up to fifteen years, with no chance of parole, probation, or suspended sentence.
Allows a fine of up to $2,000 for those convicted under this law.
Requires that insurance proceeds related to the crime must be seized if they are received by the defendant or their representatives.

Who It Names or Affects

People who commit aggravated flight from an officer resulting in serious bodily injury
Parish law enforcement agencies

Terms To Know

Aggravated Flight from an Officer: The act of fleeing from a police officer under circumstances that are more severe than normal flight, often involving serious bodily injury.
Serious Bodily Injury: An injury that involves substantial risk of death, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or prolonged loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify what happens if insurance proceeds are not seized as required.
It is unclear how parish law enforcement agencies will enforce the use of fines for high-speed pursuit training and technology acquisition.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Senate Floor Amendment #1167 Kleinpeter Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFASB58 3648 1167 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Kleinpeter to Engrossed Senate Bill No.

SFASB58 3648 1167 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Kleinpeter to Engrossed Senate Bill No.
58 by Senator Kleinpeter 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "amend and reenact" delete the remainder of the line and insert the 3 following: 4 "R.S.
14:108.1(E)(2) and to enact R.S.

Bill History

2026-05-22 S
Effective date 8/1/2026.
2026-05-22 S
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 349.
2026-05-20 S
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
2026-05-19 H
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-19 S
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-18 S
Received from the House without amendments.
2026-05-13 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 15. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-12 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
2026-05-11 H
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-07 H
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-05-06 H
Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-03-25 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-03-24 H
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-03-23 S
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 7 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-03-11 S
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-03-10 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-09 S
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-02-18 S
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

Official Summary Text

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated flight from a law enforcement officer. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

2026 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 58
BY SENATOR KLEINPETER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:108.1(E)(2) and to enact R.S. 14:108.1(E)(3) and (G) and
3 R.S. 15:571.11(A)(1)(e), relative to aggravated flight from an officer; to provide a
4 minimum time of imprisonment; to provide relative to the distribution of collected
5 fines; to require seizure of insurance proceeds in certain circumstances; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 14:108.1(E)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
9 14:108.1(E)(3) and (G) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §108.1. Flight from an officer; aggravated flight from an officer
11 * * *
12 E. * * *
13 (2) Whoever commits the crime of aggravated flight from an officer that
14 results in serious bodily injury shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than
15 two years nor more than fifteen years, without benefit of parole, probation, or
16 suspension of sentence, and may be fined not more than two thousand dollars.
17 (3) Any insurance proceeds, received or to be received, directly or
18 indirectly by either a defendant charged with violating Subsection C of this
19 Section or any agent, assignee, or representative of the defendant, as a direct or
20 indirect result of the defendant's crime shall be subject to the provisions of R.S.
21 46:1852.
22 * * *
ACT No. 349
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SB NO. 58 ENROLLED
1 G. Funds received by a parish law enforcement agency that are derived
2 from fines imposed pursuant to this Section shall be deposited into an account
3 set aside by the agency and utilized to support either high-speed pursuit driver
4 training or the acquisition of devices or technology designed to minimize the
5 risk to the public inherent to high-speed police pursuits in accordance with R.S.
6 15:571.11(A)(1)(e).
7 Section 2. R.S. 15:571.11(A)(1)(e) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §571.11. Dispositions of fines and forfeitures
9 A.(1)(a) * * *
10 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, funds
11 received by a parish law enforcement agency that are derived from fines
12 imposed for a violation of R.S. 14:108.1 shall be deposited into an account set
13 aside by the agency and utilized to support either high-speed pursuit driver
14 training or the acquisition of devices or technology designed to minimize the
15 risk to the public inherent to high-speed police pursuits.
16 * * *
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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