---
type: "Bill"
title: "DWI: Provides relative to costs assessed for violations of driving while intoxicated"
description: "DWI: Provides relative to costs assessed for violations of driving while intoxicated"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 184"
citation: "Louisiana HB 184 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Leger, III"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46337138-d622-4821-9253-bc4679bdb674"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233418"
source_hash: "76bc73e812aa6d332143e8205d7b40d727525f34818f734375a2333273ceeb67"
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 HB 184 (2018) — DWI: Provides relative to costs assessed for violations of driving while intoxicated

## Version chain

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

1. **HB184 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1068391)
2. **HB184 Act 198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099054)
3. **HB184 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080158)
4. **HB184 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1083086)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1264, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075284)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1897, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080054)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1770, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080443)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3114, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1089588)
9. **HB184 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094610)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#250) — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#803) — **88–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#610) — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Walt Leger, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 198. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-05-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/08/18.
- **2018-05-01** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-30** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-25** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-24** Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/18.
- **2018-03-29** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-28** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46337138-d622-4821-9253-bc4679bdb674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).