HB986

Requires child support payments by persons convicted of vehicular homicide

Chamber Passed·5/14/26

Louisiana HB986 mandates child support payments from offenders convicted of vehicular homicide if the victim is a parent of a minor child.

Louisiana HB986 adds a requirement for individuals convicted of vehicular homicide to pay child support if the victim was a parent of a minor child. This law amends existing statutes to include an additional penalty for such offenders, ensuring financial support for the surviving child. The support amount is determined by the schedule provided in R.S. 9:315.19.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the House · 97–0 · May 14
Current
Judiciary A Committee
Next
Senate floor vote

Sponsors

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1
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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

House Vote on HB 986 FINAL PASSAGE (#1255)

97 Yea

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0 Nay

8 Absent

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History

May 18

Senate

Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

May 14

Senate

Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

May 13

House

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.