LouisianaLouisiana task force coordinates efforts to reduce impaired driving
Louisiana's law assigns a 23-member task force to study impaired driving and coordinate prevention efforts, with task force funding dependent on money the legislature sets aside.
What it does
The task force must review impaired driving data, put prevention measures into practice, and recommend law changes. It must report its findings and recommendations to the governor each year.
A 23-member task force brings public officials and community representatives together on impaired driving. Its membership must include a victim or a victim's family member.
State and local government bodies must help the task force without charging the governor's office, within their funding limits. Task force funding depends on money the legislature sets aside.
Argument forReviewing crash data and gathering agency input could help Louisiana focus prevention efforts on impaired driving problems that cause serious harm.
Argument againstProviding support without charging the governor's office could leave agencies less time for other work, even with the law's funding limits.
More detail
The task force studies impaired driving, puts prevention measures into practice, and recommends changes to Louisiana's laws. Its work covers driving impaired by alcohol, drugs, or both, including crashes, enforcement, and responses such as treatment and driver monitoring. The task force must align its priorities with Louisiana's statewide impaired driving and highway safety plans. The report to the governor is due by February 1 each year.
The Governor's Task Force on Impaired Driving operates within the governor's office. Its 23 members include public officials and representatives of law enforcement, safety groups, and the restaurant industry. At least one of the governor's four appointees must be an impaired driving victim or a victim's family member. A majority of all members must be present to hold a meeting. The law took effect August 1, 2026. The task force must meet at least four times each calendar year.
State and local government bodies must provide requested support without charging the governor's office. The governor's office of drug policy and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission must provide staff, facilities, and resources. Each government body's duty to help is limited by its available funding. Task force funding depends on money set aside by the legislature.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 3Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 651.Became Law
- Jun 3Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 28Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 27Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 27Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 26Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1261). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18Reported favorably.Minor
- May 4Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Minor
- Apr 29Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#820). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 27Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 27Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
- Apr 23Reported with amendments (15-0).Minor
- 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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