Louisiana 2024 Second Extraordinary Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 6 D cosponsors

SB 7 — DWI: Provides relative to penalties for the crime of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. (7/1/24) (Item #16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on March 05, 2024.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 15 sponsors

    1 primary, 14 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 6 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 2 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

Read SB 7 on the official Louisiana source →

Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9.

  2. Effective date 7/1/2024.

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. Called from the calendar.

  5. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  6. Received from the House with amendments.

  7. Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.

  8. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 3/6/2024.

  9. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 3/6/2024.

  10. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  11. Notice given.

  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 02/29/24.

  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  14. Read by title, amended, adopted.

  15. Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 02/28/2024.

  17. Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  19. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  20. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  21. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  22. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

  23. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on · 75 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (14)

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 132 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#92)

Passed 93 Yea · 1 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7003
Republican 64103
Democrat 22005
Total 931011
% of votes cast 89%1%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Davis — Yea
Hughes — Not Voting
Brown — Not Voting
Willard — Not Voting
Johnson, 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 Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Not Voting
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Not Voting
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beryl Amedée Republican Not Voting
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Not Voting
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
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., Jack "Jay" William Gallé 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 Not Voting
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews 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

Official roll call →

AMENDMENT # 239 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#91)

Failed 35 Yea · 61 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 26100
Unaffiliated 3601
Republican 65408
Total 356109
% of votes cast 33%58%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Willard — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Romero — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Davis — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Nay
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
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
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 Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Nay
Beryl Amedée Republican Not Voting
Beth Anne Billings Republican Nay
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Nay
Chance Keith Henry Republican Not Voting
Christopher Turner Republican Nay
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Not Voting
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Nay
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Nay
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Nay
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Nay
John E. Wyble Republican Nay
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Nay
Josh Carlson Republican Nay
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Nay
Jr., Jack "Jay" William Gallé Republican Nay
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Nay
Kim Carver Republican Nay
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Not Voting
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Lauren Ventrella Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Nay
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Nay
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Nay

Official roll call →

CONCUR (#76)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3001
Republican 26000
Democrat 9000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Coussan — Not Voting
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
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens 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 Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#16)

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4000
Republican 26000
Democrat 9000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Coussan — 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
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens 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 Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

AMENDMENT # 168 BY PRICE, SB 7 BY EDMONDS (#15)

Failed 12 Yea · 27 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9000
Unaffiliated 3100
Republican 02600
Total 122700
% of votes cast 31%69%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Coussan — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mr. President — Nay
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
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Nay
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Nay
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
Glen Womack Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Nay
Patrick McMath Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Robert Allain Republican Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Nay
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 7?
SB 7 is sponsored by Rick Edmonds (Republican), Alan Seabaugh (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Tony Bacala (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Mike Johnson (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Joy Walters (Democrat), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), and Mark Wright (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 7?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 7?
Track SB 7 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 7

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 7

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →