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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Requires postaccident drug testing when a traffic accident involves \"serious bodily injury\". (gov sig)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Requires postaccident drug testing when a traffic accident involves \"serious bodily injury\". (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Louisiana SB 138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Gatti"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2ea221-d813-4e02-953c-5abaf11e548c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236125"
source_hash: "225d0085273a6cd1bc01e0b7c0d2308839358a2f5efdf63da1f58bb769e2595e"
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 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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120820)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2865, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135264)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2870, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135267)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2910, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135437)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2928, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135482)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3466, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139587)
7. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2177, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135947)
8. **SB138 Act 408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144794)
9. **SB138 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124844)
10. **SB138 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128690)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #652, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124783)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #915, Gatti, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126634)
13. **SB138 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140552)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e2ea221-d813-4e02-953c-5abaf11e548c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).