Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 14 D · 12 R cosponsors

HB 590 — TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Provides with respect to training law enforcement officers regarding certain traffic stops

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 816.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 08, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 27 sponsors

    1 primary, 26 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (14 D · 12 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 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.

In plain language

The bill focuses on training law enforcement officers for specific traffic stops.

This legislation requires law enforcement agencies to develop training programs for officers regarding certain traffic stops. It aims to standardize procedures and improve officer response during these interactions.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This may lead to improved safety and clarity for workers pulled over during traffic stops.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

11 added · 46 removed

Plain-language change summary

One change in the bill HB 590 is the removal of the reference to "ACT No. 816." This deletion simplifies the language and may make the bill clearer, ensuring that it focuses on the current legislation without unnecessary references to previous acts. This adjustment is important because it helps prevent confusion and keeps the bill relevant to today's context.

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HLS 26RS-395 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
590 BY REPRESENTATIVES GLORIOSO, ADAMS, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, ROBBY CARTER, CARVER, CHASSION, DEWITT, EGAN, FREIBERG, DANA HENRY, HILFERTY, HORTON, JORDAN, KNOX, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, PHELPS, SPELL, AND TAYLOR TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS:
590 BY REPRESENTATIVES GLORIOSO, ADAMS, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, ROBBY CARTER, CARVER, CHASSION, DEWITT, EGAN, FREIBERG, DANA HENRY, HILFERTY, HORTON, JORDAN, KNOX, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, PHELPS, SPELL, AND TAYLOR AN ACT To enact R.S.
Provides with respect to training law enforcement officers regarding certain traffic stops AN ACT To enact R.S.
32:403.3(B)(2)(c), relative to motor vehicle traffic stops;
32:403.3(B)(2)(c) and 403.3.1, relative to motor vehicle traffic stops;
to require the Departmentof Public SafetyandCorrections to createspeciallydesigned envelopes for individuals with certain disorders and disabilities;
to establish the Green Envelope Program;
to improve traffic stop interactions;
to establish the Blue Envelope Program;
to provideforthepurposesoftheprograms;torequiretheDepartmentofPublicSafety and Corrections to create the envelopes;
Section1.
Section 1.
R.S.32:403.3(B)(2)(c)and403.3.1areherebyenactedtoreadasfollows:
R.S.
32:403.3(B)(2)(c) is herebyenacted to read as follows:
HLS 26RS-395 REENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
590 in recognizing and effectively communicating with drivers with disabilities during traffic stops.
590 ENROLLED in recognizing and effectively communicating with drivers with disabilities during traffic stops.
* * * 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.
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 590 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Glorioso Abstract:
Authorizes the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, to create specially designed envelopes for improving traffic stop communication between law enforcement and those with certain disorders and disabilities.
PresentlawauthorizestheDept.ofPublicSafetyandCorrections(DPS&C),officeofmotor vehicles(OMV),toissueidentificationstickersordecalstosymbolizeawarenessforcertain disabilities, at no cost to the driver or parent or legal guardian.
Proposed law authorizes the DPS&C, OMV, to create specially designed envelopes to be provided to drivers with mental, physical, developmental disabilities, or autism spectrum disorder, or their parents or legal guardians, that provide proof as required by present law.
Specifies that the envelopes include guidelines to assist officers in recognizing and effectively communicating with drivers with disabilities during traffic stops.
(Adds R.S.
32:403.3(B)(2)(c)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1.
Make technical changes.
2.
Add the requirement that the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, create speciallydesigned envelopes to be provided to drivers with mental, physical, developmental disabilities, or autism spectrum disorder, or their parents or legal guardians, that provide proof of thedisabilityasrequiredbypresentlaw.
Specifiesthattheenvelopesinclude guidelines to assist officers in recognizing and effectively communicating with drivers with disabilities during traffic stops.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Change the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, creation of specially designed envelopes from mandatory to permissive.
2.
Remove the provisions that created the Green and Blue Envelop Programs.
3.
Remove the upon signature of the governor effective date.
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Make technical changes.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 816.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. Reported with amendments.

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

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

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

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

  18. Reported with amendments (15-0).

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

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

  21. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 26 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (26)

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1598)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 28002
Republican 62006
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
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
Dana Henry 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1070)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 9002
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#433)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Republican 66002
Democrat 24006
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Not Voting
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
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
Chance Keith Henry 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 Not Voting
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
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

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 590?
HB 590 is sponsored by Landry, T., Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Annie Spell (Republican), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Dodie Horton (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Dana Henry (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Robby Carter (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), and Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 590?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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