LA SB 278
died on adjournmentCRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits the reinstatement of a driver's license suspended for driving under the influence without the installation of an ignition interlock device. (8/1/26)
Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did LA SB 278 pass?
No. LA SB 278 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-05-12): Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
What is LA SB 278 about?
LA SB 278 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits the reinstatement of a driver's license suspended for driving under the influence without the installation of an ignition interlock device. (8/1/26)”.
Who sponsors LA SB 278?
Rick Edmonds is the primary sponsor of LA SB 278.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-05-12 — Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Rick Edmondsprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-05-12
Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-05-11
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.
2026-05-07
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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2026-05-06
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-05-05
Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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2026-04-22
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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2026-04-21
Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-04-21
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-04-20
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-15
Reported favorably.
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2026-03-09
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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2026-02-27
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Documents
Votes
FINAL PASSAGE (#396)
2026-04-21 · pass · 28-9
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Owen: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Allain: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Reese: yes
- Bass: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cathey: yes
- McMath: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miller: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Womack: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Morris: yes
- Foil: yes
- Myers: yes
- Barrow: no
- Duplessis: no
- Luneau: no
- Barthelemy: no
- Harris: no
- Price: no
- Carter: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Selders: no
- Boudreaux: other
- Jenkins: other
Related bills
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