---
type: "Bill"
title: "THEFT: Creates the crime of theft of a catalytic converter or engine control module and provides for dealer registration. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "THEFT: Creates the crime of theft of a catalytic converter or engine control module and provides for dealer registration. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Louisiana SB 70 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirk Talbot"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db221e3e-9be0-444d-a659-cd48685088e1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241731"
source_hash: "a6ff29a300ba3ad1894c71b1f950d7b61477855be846cec0c73c0f8f44f10de1"
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 70 (2022) — THEFT: Creates the crime of theft of a catalytic converter or engine control module and provides for dealer registration. (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. **SB70 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1250137)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #4756, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280718)
3. **SB70 Act 127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1285141)
4. **SB70 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261182)
5. **SB70 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1263018)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #835, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261161)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1057, Fesi, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262675)
8. **SB70 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281947)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#64) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#740) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#970) — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirk Talbot — primary (person)
- Ray Garofalo — 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. 127. `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.
- **2022-05-19** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2022-05-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-18** Called from the calendar.
- **2022-05-18** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2022.
- **2022-05-09** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-04** Reported favorably (8-1). 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 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-22** Reported with amendments.
- **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`
- **2022-02-24** 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/db221e3e-9be0-444d-a659-cd48685088e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).