STATE BILLLA HB 854PASSED

Creates certain specialty license plates (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

State of Louisiana

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: May 11, 2026; 185 days ago
Current chamber: House of Representatives
Session: 2026 Regular Session

LA HB 854 · PassedMay 11

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Bill details

Last action: Effective date: 08/01/2026. · May 11, 2026

Sponsor

JWJoy WaltersRepresentative · Democrat · HD-004Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

May 11, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026.House

May 11, 2026Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 87.House

May 5, 2026Sent to the Governor for executive approval.House

May 5, 2026Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.House

May 5, 2026Received from the Senate without amendments.House

May 4, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate.Senate

Apr 29, 2026Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Senate

Apr 21, 2026Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Senate

Show 12 earlier actions

Apr 20, 2026Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Senate

Apr 15, 2026Reported favorably.Senate

Mar 25, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Senate

Mar 24, 2026Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Senate

Mar 24, 2026Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.House

Mar 23, 2026Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.House

Mar 18, 2026Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.House

Mar 17, 2026Reported with amendments (13-0).House

Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.House

Feb 27, 2026First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.House

Feb 27, 2026Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.House

Feb 27, 2026Prefiled.House

Recorded votes

House Vote on HB 854 FINAL PASSAGE (#65)Mar 24, 2026 · House · 98 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Vote on HB 854 FINAL PASSAGE (#527)Apr 29, 2026 · Senate · 32 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES

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