MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to running red lights (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
HB 487 amends Louisiana's traffic code to specifically address a type of red-light violation: drivers entering a shoulder or turn lane to overtake a vehicle stopped at a red light without causing injury. The bill imposes a $250 fine for this offense, adding it as a distinct violation under existing traffic regulations. This change directly affects drivers who attempt to pass stopped vehicles at red lights, clarifying the penalty for this specific behavior. The bill does not alter penalties for other red-light violations or injuries.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 26, 2026
Signed Jun 9, 2026
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What changed between versions
HB487 Original
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HB487 Act 808
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MODERATE
The bill was enrolled and signed into law as Act 808, adding a new specific penalty for running red lights. It introduces a $250 fine for entering a shoulder or turn lane to overtake a stopped vehicle at a red light if no injury occurs. Additionally, it restricts the use of booting vehicles for unpaid red-light citations unless an administrative hearing is held first, with an exemption for Orleans Parish.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include a specific provision for shoulder/turn lane violations and introduced procedural restrictions on vehicle immobilization for red-light violations.
ENFORCEMENT
Added a new penalty of a $250 fine for entering a shoulder or turn lane to overtake a vehicle stopped at a red light when no injury occurs.
Added a requirement that vehicle owners must be afforded an administrative hearing before a motor vehicle can be immobilized or booted for failure to pay a red-light citation.
Created an exemption for Orleans Parish, stating the booting hearing requirement does not apply there.
ELIGIBILITY
Added Representative Dana Henry as a co-sponsor to the bill.
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026 · House Mar 23, 2026
How they voted
22–9
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 40
May 28, 2026
D
Democratic12
58% Nay
R
Republican28
71% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 22 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 19, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (16-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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