HASBSB124 TYLERT 2689
SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 124 2023 Regular Session Kleinpeter
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
CRIME/PUNISHMENT. Increases penalty for driving a vehicle without a license
plate attached. (8/1/23)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Change "defendant" to "violator".
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
DIGEST
SB 124 Reengrossed 2023 Regular Session Kleinpeter
Present law provides penalties for violations of present law relative to motor vehicles and
traffic regulation (La. Highway Regulatory Act). Present law provides that the first violation
of present law or any regulation made pursuant to present law is to be punished by a fine up
to $175 or imprisonment up to 30 days, or both. Present law further provides that a
subsequent violation is to be punished by a fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to 90 days,
or both.
Proposed law permits law enforcement to impound the vehicle at the time of the violation.
Proposed law provides that if the offense is committed in preparation to or during the
commission of a felony in order to escape detection, the violator is to be punished by an
additional fine of $200, or an additional imprisonment of 30 days, or both.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 32:57(A))
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Whitney Kauffeld
Staff Attorney