---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Authorizes law enforcement to impound any vehicle used in a drag race, or other enumerated action or event, at the owner's expense, for thirty days to gather evidence pertaining to the crime. (8/1/24)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Authorizes law enforcement to impound any vehicle used in a drag race, or other enumerated action or event, at the owner's expense, for thirty days to gather evidence pertaining to the crime. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "Louisiana SB 220 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caleb Kleinpeter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de73c3eb-f7cf-4290-b9af-c0c7181197fe"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246376"
source_hash: "dc4ce34408f4221e455480bc444648b28ec4ca9b60ac6bc4e21dcd6c49d6a096"
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 220 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Authorizes law enforcement to impound any vehicle used in a drag race, or other enumerated action or event, at the owner's expense, for thirty days to gather evidence pertaining to the crime. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB220 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351953)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3505, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367702)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #4549, Marcelle, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373823)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #4554, Bacala, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373869)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #4712, Chassion, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375092)
6. **SB220 Act 318** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380790)
7. **SB220 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361412)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1484, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361205)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1490, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361394)
10. **SB220 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376521)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1001) — **51–43** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1115) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#971) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#1000) — **33–32** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#248) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caleb Kleinpeter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 318. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-15** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
- **2024-05-14** Notice given.
- **2024-05-14** Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
- **2024-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 51, nays 43. Failed to pass, motion to reconsider pending.
- **2024-05-13** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-22** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-02** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 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/de73c3eb-f7cf-4290-b9af-c0c7181197fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).