RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 158 (HB 753) 2020 Regular Session Romero
Prior law authorized the sale of a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof
mounted emergency light that emits a blue or red glow, or that emits a glow in any
combination of the colors red, white, and blue, to any person who is a peace officer, a
firefighter, or a person employed in the performance of emergency or public utility services.
New law prohibits the sale of a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof mounted
emergency light that emits a blue glow to any person.
New law adds a person employed in the performance of highway construction services to the
list of those individuals authorized to purchase a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or
vehicle roof mounted emergency light that emit a red glow or that emit a glow of red and
white.
Prior law authorized any person who was a peace officer, a firefighter, or public utility and
emergency personnel to possess an emergency light that emits a blue or red glow or that
emits a glow in any combination of the colors red, white, and blue.
New law authorizes any person who is a peace officer, a firefighter, or public utility,
emergency, or highway construction personnel to possess emergency lights that emit a red
glow or that emit a glow of red and white.
Effective Aug. 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 32:327(D); Adds R.S. 32:327(E))