Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 13 D · 6 R cosponsors

HB 629 — MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates a license plate for the Krewe of Athena

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 80.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 11, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 20 sponsors

    1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (13 D · 6 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

26 added · 66 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill HB 629 had a specific line, "ACTNo.80," removed. This line likely referred to a previous law or act that was no longer necessary for this bill's purpose. Removing it helps streamline the bill, making it clearer and more focused on the current issues it aims to address. This change matters because it reduces confusion and helps ensure that the legislation works effectively without referencing outdated information.

→
Previous
Latest
HLS 26RS-1312 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
629 BY REPRESENTATIVES LYONS, BOYD, BRASS, BRAUD, BROUSSARD, CHASSION,DICKERSON,DOMANGUE,GREEN,KNOX,LAFLEUR,TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, SPELL, TAYLOR, WALTERS, AND WILEY MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES:
629 BY REPRESENTATIVES LYONS, BOYD, BRASS, BRAUD, BROUSSARD, CHASSION,DICKERSON,DOMANGUE,GREEN,KNOX,LAFLEUR,TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, SPELL, TAYLOR, WALTERS, AND WILEY AN ACT To enact R.S.
Creates a license plate for the Krewe of Athena AN ACT To enact R.S.
(2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles,shallcreatethis specialprestigelicenseplatewhentheapplicablestatutory provisions are met and the department's electronic vehicle and registration system is updated to accommodate the creation of the new plates.
(2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles,shall createthis specialprestigelicenseplatewhentheapplicablestatutory provisions are met and the department's electronic vehicle and registration system is updated to accommodate the creation of the new plates.
Page 1 of 3 CODING:
B.
Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
HLS 26RS-1312 REENGROSSED HB NO.
629 B.
C.
Page 1 of 2 CODING:
Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
HB NO.
629 ENROLLED C.
The department shall collect an annual royaltyfee of twenty-five dollars thatshall bedisbursedinaccordancewithSubsectionEofthisSection.
The department shall collect an annual royaltyfee of twenty-five dollars thatshall bedisbursedinaccordancewithSubsectionEofthis Section.
This royalty fee shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed byArticle VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
This royalty fee shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed byArticle VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for each plate to be retained bythe department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
Page 2 of 2 CODING:
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 629 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Lyons Abstract:
Creates the "Krewe of Athena" motor vehicle special prestige license plate.
Provides for the creation, issuance, design, fees, implementation, distribution, and rule promulgation applicable to this license plate.
ProposedlawrequirestheDept.ofPublicSafetyandCorrections(DPS&C),officeofmotor vehicles (OMV), to issue a special prestige license plate to be known as the "Krewe of Athena" license plate, provided there is a minimum of 1,000 applicants for such a plate.
Proposed law requires that the secretary work in conjunction with the Krewe of Athena Carnival Club, Inc.
to select the color and design of the plate.
Requires the design include the words "Krewe of Athena".
Proposedlawspecifiesthatthelicenseplateswillbeissued,uponapplication,to anycitizen of La.
in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
Further directs the DPS&C, OMV, to createthe special prestige plate when the applicable statutoryprovisions Page 2 of 3 CODING:
Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
HLS 26RS-1312 REENGROSSED HB NO.
629 are met and the department's electronic vehicle and registration system is updated to accommodate the creation of the new plates.
Proposed law requires the dept.
to collect an annual royalty fee of $25 in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax and a $3.50 handling fee for each plate to be retained by the dept.
to offset a portion of administrative costs.
Proposed law requires monies received from the royalty fees be forwarded to the treasurer of the Kreweof Athena Carnival Club, Inc.
Specifiesthatmonies receivedfrom the royalty fees be used to provide scholarships for debutantes.
Proposedlawrequiresthesecretarypromulgaterulesandregulationsnecessarytoimplement proposed law.
(Adds R.S.
47:463.243) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1.
Show all 47 changed rows (7 more)
Previous
Latest
Make technical changes.
2.
Redesignateuncodifiedlanguage to a statutoryprovision that requiresthe office of motor vehicles to create the "Krewe of Athena" special prestige license plate when applicable statutory requirements are met and the department's electronic vehicle and registration system is updated to accommodate creation of the new plates.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Make a technical change.
Page 3 of 3 CODING:
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (5)

Amendments

3 amendments

Click Show changes on an amendment above to see how it modifies the bill.

Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 80.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

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

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

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

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/18/2026.

  15. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. Reported with amendments (14-0).

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  18. Prefiled.

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 127 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (127)

127 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 127 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#524)

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24003
Democrat 8003
Unaffiliated 0001
Total 32007
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#27)

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8000
Republican 61005
Democrat 28001
Total 97006
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (103)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Henry — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Not Voting
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Not Voting
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Not Voting
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety transportation
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 629?
HB 629 is sponsored by Landry, T., Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Jessica Domangue (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), Joy Walters (Democrat), Annie Spell (Republican), Ed Murray (Democrat), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), Jacob Braud (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican), and Reese "Skip" Broussard (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 629?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 629?
Track HB 629 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 629

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 629

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →