ENROLLED
ACT No. 489
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 277
BY REPRESENTATIVES KERNER, KNOX, AND TAYLOR
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:300.4(A), relative to the prohibition for smoking in motor
3 vehicles; to provide for the unlawfulness of smoking in a motor vehicle with a child
4 twelve and under present in the vehicle; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:300.4(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง300.4. Smoking in motor vehicles prohibited; penalties
8 A. It shall be unlawful for the operator or any passenger in a motor vehicle
9 to smoke cigarettes, pipes, cigars, or any vaping devices in a motor vehicle,
10 passenger van, or pick-up truck, when a child who is required to be restrained in a
11 rear-facing child safety seat, a forward-facing child safety seat, a booster seat, or a
12 motor vehicle's safety belt, as required in R.S. 32:295, younger than thirteen is also
13 present in such vehicle, regardless of whether windows of the motor vehicle are
14 down. For purposes of this Section, the term "smoke" shall mean inhaling, exhaling,
15 burning, or carrying to inhale, to exhale, to burn, or to carry any activated aerosol or
16 vapor or any lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, or other combustible
17 substance in any manner or in any form.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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