---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases the penalties for the crimes of vehicular negligent injuring and first degree vehicular negligent injuring. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases the penalties for the crimes of vehicular negligent injuring and first degree vehicular negligent injuring. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Louisiana SB 401 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Reese"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-25"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b7b77c-dc4e-49ca-b026-fa053125c747"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246853"
source_hash: "2ffb440a81853e4c7a89297ef03d6acfb0a462097a597d75927cb75c23c5f249"
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 401 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases the penalties for the crimes of vehicular negligent injuring and first degree vehicular negligent injuring. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB401 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357472)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4449, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373390)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4675, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374914)
4. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3768, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375552)
5. **SB401 Act 523** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382228)
6. **SB401 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361374)
7. **SB401 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364119)
8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1507, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361596)
9. **SB401 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378980)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#249) — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#1206) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1325) — **78–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Reese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 523. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 18. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-02** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62b7b77c-dc4e-49ca-b026-fa053125c747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).