CRIME: Provides relative to the refusal of an operator of a motor vehicle to provide identification to an officer
This bill amends a law regarding drivers who refuse to show identification to police officers by changing the word "Fails" to "Failure" in the text. The change is a minor grammatical adjustment that does not alter the legal requirements or consequences for drivers facing this situation. Since the amendment only corrects wording, the bill does not introduce new policies or affect specific groups beyond those already covered by the existing statute.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed May 24, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024
How they voted
26–10
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Nay
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-3).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
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