---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases penalty for crime of carjacking. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases penalty for crime of carjacking. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Louisiana SB 161 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirk Talbot"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a69a4dc-bfe0-4ba8-87b4-eb98c447235e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242077"
source_hash: "1b3d46a65b17da1cfdae896416eeb5651c19c20f57893c4c49860393ddfa03bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 161 (2022) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases penalty for crime of carjacking. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB161 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1254611)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3823, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1276055)
3. **SB161 Act 131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1285146)
4. **SB161 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261187)
5. **SB161 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1263005)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1067, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262756)
7. **SB161 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281961)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#67) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#736) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#68) — **19–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#954) — **86–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirk Talbot — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-05-26** Effective date 8/1/2022.
- **2022-05-26** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 131. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-23** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2022-05-18** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2022-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2022.
- **2022-05-09** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-04** Reported with amendments (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-03-28** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-22** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a69a4dc-bfe0-4ba8-87b4-eb98c447235e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).