HLSHCAHB173 26RS-7044469 ORIGINAL3015 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendmentsproposedbyHouseCommitteeonCivilLawandProceduretoOriginalHouse BILLBill NO.No.

173 BYby REPRESENTATIVERepresentative BAMBURGBamburg CIVIL/DAMAGES:AMENDMENT NO.

Provides1 relativeOn page 1, line 10, after "driver" delete the remainder of the line and delete line 11 in its entirety and insert "who has failed to uninsuredmaintain motoristcompulsory recoverylimitationsmotor ANvehicle ACTliability Tosecurity enactincompliancewiththisSectionforatleastthirtydays R.S.immediatelyprecedingthedateofthe motor vehicle accident." Page 1 of 1 CODING:

32:866(I), relative to compulsory motor vehicle liability security;

to provide an exception for recovery;

and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

32:866(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows:

§866.

Compulsory motor vehicle liability security;

failure to comply;

limitation of damages * * * I.

Notwithstanding anyother provision of law to the contrary, there shall be no recovery for bodily injury or property damage for a driver with a lapse in coverage that exceeds thirty days.

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[R.S.

1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 173 Original 2026 Regular Session Bamburg Abstract:

Provides an exception for recovery available to a driver without compulsory motor vehicle liability security.

Present law (R.S.

32:866) provides that there is no recoveryfor the first $100,000 of bodily injury or property damage for injuries or damages occasioned by an owner or operator of a motor vehicle who fails to own or maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security.

Proposedlawretainspresentlawandalsoprovidesthatthereisnorecoveryforbodilyinjury or property damage for a driver with a lapse in coverage that exceeds 30 days.

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