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type: "Bill"
title: "TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits the imposition of penalties via unmanned automated speed enforcement devices in a school zone in certain circumstances"
description: "TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits the imposition of penalties via unmanned automated speed enforcement devices in a school zone in certain circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 778"
citation: "Louisiana HB 778 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Bayham"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-03-26"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a328e4-3300-4422-9e6e-3377a2bb4ff1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246877"
source_hash: "ad9bf2e89ec01a5155668d384348103fd705c80311914ffa496cd4d06267e7e8"
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 HB 778 (2024) — TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits the imposition of penalties via unmanned automated speed enforcement devices in a school zone in certain circumstances
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB778 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357805)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5374, House Adopted, Senate Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381187)
3. **HB778 Act 722** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382747)
4. **HB778 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357823)
5. **HB778 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362224)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2335, Bayham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362090)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1277, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358656)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2875, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370928)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2880, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370945)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3574, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374579)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3788, Seabaugh, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375669)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4370, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380058)
13. **HB778 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381779)
## Votes
- ADOPT (#1492) — **370** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 3574 BY MCMATH, HB 778 BY BAYHAM (#1324) — **305** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1778) — **980** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#222) — **1050** (pass) · lower
- HB 778 BY BAYHAM (#1323) — **1223** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1325) — **333** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1740) — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mike Bayham — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 722. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee report received.
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Talbot, and Seabaugh.
- **2024-06-03** House conferees appointed: Bayham, Bourriaque, and Billings.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-06-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-31** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2024.
- **2024-05-31** Notice given.
- **2024-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-31** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Notice given.
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-16** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2024-04-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 105, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/2024.
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 490 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (12-0).
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4a328e4-3300-4422-9e6e-3377a2bb4ff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).