---
type: "Bill"
title: "DWI: Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated"
description: "DWI: Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 776"
citation: "Louisiana HB 776 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus Bryant"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-25"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44cbcbfe-a848-4572-8f71-54d38648271b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246871"
source_hash: "c0fcec6d2bb99460d70146cb9aafd4caeb1f68a7943c58a339650863c228f694"
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 776 (2024) — DWI: Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated

## Version chain

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

1. **HB776 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357583)
2. **HB776 Act 662** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382687)
3. **HB776 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363887)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2509, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362978)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2650, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363874)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3484, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374082)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3493, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374102)
8. **HB776 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379776)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#601) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1530) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1003) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marcus Bryant — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 662. `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 89, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 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** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/2024.
- **2024-04-16** Notice given.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/16/2024.
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44cbcbfe-a848-4572-8f71-54d38648271b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).