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type: "Bill"
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title: "MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides for increased penalties for certain traffic-control signal violations"
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description: "MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides for increased penalties for certain traffic-control signal violations"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 542"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 542 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Vincent Cox III"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fdc5f6a-d6bc-41ce-bb0c-c4cdcaa6ce51"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246300"
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source_hash: "cea25ebb6b079fa65abe6b723f6f8fedeee6d0e10a0dd1fdda483309899d3d99"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 542 (2024) — MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides for increased penalties for certain traffic-control signal violations
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB542 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351528)
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2. **HB542 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379632)
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3. **HB542 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354228)
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4. **HB542 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358211)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #1157, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353993)
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6. **House Committee Amendment, #1770, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357954)
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7. **House Committee Amendment, #1798, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358188)
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8. **HB542 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375896)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#210) — **97–3** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#923) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Vincent Cox III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-24** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
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- **2024-05-24** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 269. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-22** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2024-05-20** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
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- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2024-04-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/2024.
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- **2024-03-27** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26** Reported with amendments (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-18** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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- **2024-03-13** Reported favorably (13-0), with the recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fdc5f6a-d6bc-41ce-bb0c-c4cdcaa6ce51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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