---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRAFFIC: Prohibits issuing traffic violation citations in certain circumstances. (gov sig)"
description: "TRAFFIC: Prohibits issuing traffic violation citations in certain circumstances. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "Louisiana SB 302 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 17
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/accb2de5-ed7e-48d4-babe-ef60fbff6e1f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246583"
source_hash: "231b01390773a62ed12f7095d68098ad0a867e113254daf35a80881417321583"
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 302 (2024) — TRAFFIC: Prohibits issuing traffic violation citations in certain circumstances. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB302 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352681)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3459, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367570)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3499, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367715)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3691, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369472)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #4249, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372809)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #4494, Deshotel, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373692)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #4542, Deshotel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373839)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #4548, Hilferty, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373816)
9. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2316, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368040)
10. **SB302 Act 103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378097)
11. **SB302 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362025)
12. **SB302 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364232)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1481, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361188)
14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1533, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361808)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1817, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363927)
16. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1781, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363740)
17. **SB302 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374621)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#700) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#258) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1002) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** Effective date 5/21/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 103. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-13** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **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 with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-22** Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `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 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-03** 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 Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/accb2de5-ed7e-48d4-babe-ef60fbff6e1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).