Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 4 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 806 — CRIME: Provides relative to hit-and-run driving offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 86.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 11, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (4 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 41 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment removed a specific line referencing "ACT No. 86" from the bill HB 806. This change likely simplifies the text by removing outdated or unnecessary references, making the bill clearer for readers. It matters because clearer legislation can lead to better understanding and implementation of the law.

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HLS 26RS-1351 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
806 BY REPRESENTATIVE LAFLEUR CRIME:
806 BY REPRESENTATIVE LAFLEUR AND SENATORS BARROW, FOIL, HODGES, MIZELL, AND MORRIS AN ACT To enact R.S.
Provides relative to hit-and-run driving offenses AN ACT To enact R.S.
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HLS 26RS-1351 REENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
806 (2) Law enforcement agencies responsible for investigating hit-and-run driving offenses shall adopt protocols and procedures to rapidly notify other law enforcement agencies of all of the following:
806 ENROLLED (2) Law enforcement agencies responsible for investigating hit-and-run driving offenses shall adopt protocols and procedures to rapidly notify other law enforcement agencies of all of the following:
(3) The law enforcement agencyinvestigating a hit-and-run driving offense shall utilizetheLouisiana Law EnforcementTelecommunications System(LLETS) to disseminate the information required by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
(3) The law enforcement agencyinvestigating a hit-and-run driving offense shall utilize theLouisianaLawEnforcementTelecommunications System (LLETS) to disseminate the information required by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
Section 2.
Section 2.The Louisiana State Law Institute is authorized and directed to alphabetize and renumber the definitions contained in R.S.
The Louisiana State Law Institute is authorized and directed to alphabetize and renumber the definitions contained in R.S.
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
Itconstitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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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 806 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session LaFleur Abstract:
Requires certain factors to be considered in setting bail for hit-and-run driving offenses and directs the Dept.
of Public Safetyand Corrections (DPS&C) to utilize a rapid response network to notifyofficers of hit-and-run offenses.
Present law provides for the crime and penalties of hit-and-run driving.
Proposed law requires judges to consider factors in present law (C.Cr.P.
316) when setting bail for drivers who have committed hit-and-run driving offenses.
Proposed law requires DPS&C to develop procedures and protocols to rapidly notify law enforcement of hit and run offenses including that an offense occurred, whether there were any injuries in the offense, the appearance of the offending vehicle, and the direction in which it traveled.
Proposed law requires a law enforcement agency to use the La.
Law Enforcement TelecommunicationsSystem(LLETS)todisseminateinformationtootherlawenforcement regarding hit-and-run driving offenses.
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Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
HLS 26RS-1351 REENGROSSED HB NO.
806 Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to the original bill:
1.
Change the "Dept.
of Public Safety and Corrections, in conjunction with La.
StatePolice"to"lawenforcementagenciesresponsibleforinvestigatinghit-and- run driving offenses".
2.
Provide a definition for "La.
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (LLETS)".
3.
Requirelawenforcementagencies investigatinga hit-and-rundrivingoffenseto use LLETS to disseminate information.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 86.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

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

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

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.

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

  16. Reported with amendments (12-0).

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

  18. Prefiled.

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

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

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (141)

141 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#461)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 11000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#240)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 63005
Democrat 29001
Total 99006
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Not Voting
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 806?
HB 806 is sponsored by John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Valarie Hodges (Republican), Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), and Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 806?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
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