---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY/CIVIL: Limits liability of operators of motor vehicles for harm caused to certain persons who are injured while illegally blocking a road or highway"
description: "LIABILITY/CIVIL: Limits liability of operators of motor vehicles for harm caused to certain persons who are injured while illegally blocking a road or highway"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 383"
citation: "Louisiana HB 383 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Galle"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d7d5a47-2cdc-462c-9499-3d33ab534bfb"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246068"
source_hash: "c698f93716b7ef413940a764420b48b675e633ebd70b741e09fc772577eb36bc"
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 383 (2024) — LIABILITY/CIVIL: Limits liability of operators of motor vehicles for harm caused to certain persons who are injured while illegally blocking a road or highway

## Version chain

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

1. **HB383 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350131)
2. **HB383 Act 612** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382341)
3. **HB383 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360822)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #2586, Knox, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363303)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3057, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371826)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3521, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374256)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3883, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376506)
8. **HB383 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379787)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1537) — **73–17** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 2586 BY KNOX, MOTION TO ADOPT (#304) — **33–66** (fail) · lower
- SUSPEND THE RULES (#303) — **48–46** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#305) — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#996) — **25–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Galle — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 612. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 17, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 13 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2024.
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Reported favorably (11-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d7d5a47-2cdc-462c-9499-3d33ab534bfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).