LouisianaLouisiana commission funds pursuit safety tools and officer training
The state law enforcement commission runs grants to help agencies get pursuit stopping devices and train officers, with spending dependent on legislative appropriations.
What it does
The state law enforcement commission runs grants for pursuit stopping devices and related training. It gives priority to agencies whose policies include the devices and emphasize safer deployment.
A state treasury fund may support agency grants, safe-use training, and program costs, but the legislature must appropriate money before the commission can spend it.
Argument forGrants could help agencies buy pursuit stopping devices and train officers to use them safely, which may reduce risks during high-speed chases.
Argument againstAgencies without policies that include these devices may have a harder time receiving grants, even if they want funds for pursuit safety.
More detail
The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice administers grants for pursuit safety devices and related training. State, parish, and municipal law enforcement agencies may receive grants to acquire devices designed to safely end high-speed vehicle pursuits and to provide related training. The commission must follow uniform guidelines. The commission gives priority to agencies whose pursuit and use-of-force policies include these technologies and emphasize reducing risks from manual deployment.
The law establishes a state treasury fund for the grant program. Grants may go to state, parish, and municipal law enforcement agencies. The legislature must appropriate money in the fund to the commission before it can be spent. The fund may pay for agency grants for pursuit devices and training, plus commission costs capped at five percent of the annual fund balance. Money left unspent and uncommitted at the end of a fiscal year stays in the fund.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 809.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1686). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 25Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1207). Result: pass.Upper
- May 19Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 18Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- May 18Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 12Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- May 12Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- May 11Reported with amendments.Minor
- Apr 22Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Apr 21Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 20Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#582). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 15Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
- Apr 14Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 13Reported favorably (15-0).Minor
- Mar 25Discharged from the Committee on Judiciary.
- Mar 25Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 26Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Introduced
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