republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/sb-138.md

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Bill	CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Requires postaccident drug testing when a traffic accident involves "serious bodily injury". (gov sig)	CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Requires postaccident drug testing when a traffic accident involves "serious bodily injury". (gov sig)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2019	SB 138	Louisiana SB 138 (2019)	bill		enacted	Ryan Gatti	13	24	3	2019-03-27	2019-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/6e2ea221-d813-4e02-953c-5abaf11e548c	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236125	225d0085273a6cd1bc01e0b7c0d2308839358a2f5efdf63da1f58bb769e2595e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 138 (2019) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Requires postaccident drug testing when a traffic accident involves "serious bodily injury". (gov sig)

Version chain

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

1. SB138 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #2865, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #2870, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #2910, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #2928, THPW, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. House Floor Amendment, #3466, Crews, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2177, BUREAU, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. SB138 Act 408 (committee substitute) — source
9. SB138 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. SB138 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Committee Amendment, #652, JUDC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Floor Amendment, #915, Gatti, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
13. SB138 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#715) — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR (#663) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#163) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ryan Gatti — primary (person)
• Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
• Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
• Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
• Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
• Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
• Yvonne Colomb — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-20 Effective date 6/20/2019.
• 2019-06-20 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 408. executive-signature
• 2019-06-04 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-02 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2019-06-01 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2019-05-31 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2019-05-30 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2019-05-30 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2019-05-23 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
• 2019-05-22 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2019-05-21 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2019-05-20 Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2019-05-01 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2019-04-29 The bill, as previously amended, was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, ordered reengrossed, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2019-04-29 Called from the Calendar.
• 2019-04-23 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2019-04-23 Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
• 2019-04-23 Called from the Calendar.
• 2019-04-23 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2019-04-17 Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2019-04-16 Reported with amendments.
• 2019-04-08 Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. filing, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e2ea221-d813-4e02-953c-5abaf11e548c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).