HB 1192 — MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association" special prestige license plate
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 712.
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✓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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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 02, 2026.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
Establishes a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association.
This bill creates a special license plate featuring the Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association. It allows individuals to support dental hygienists through their vehicle registration.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
32 added · 75 removedPlain-language change summary
The updated bill creates a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association, featuring a specific design with colors, text, and a symbol representing the association. Additionally, it establishes an annual royalty fee of $25 that will help fund the association's activities. These changes ensure that dental hygienists can be recognized on the road while also supporting their professional community through dedicated funding.
HLSENROLLED 26RS-1935 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
1192 BY REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVES BOYER MTRAND VEHICLE/LICENPLATES:CHASSION AN ACT To enact R.S.
Createsthe"LouisianaDentalHygienists'Association" special prestige license plate AN ACT To enact R.S.
Special prestige licenseplate;license plate;
(2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles,shallcreatethisvehicles,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.
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The department shall collect an annual royaltyroyaltyfee fee of twenty-five dollars that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section.
This fee shall beinadditiontothestandardmotorbein vehiclelicensetaxaddition imposedbyArticleVII,to thestandardmotor vehiclelicensetaximposedbyArticleVII, 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.
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[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1192 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Boyer Abstract:
Creates the "Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association" special prestige license plate and provides for the issuance, design, implementation, fees, distributions, and promulgation of rules applicable to these license plates.
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HLS 26RS-1935 ENGROSSED HB NO.
1192 Proposed law requires that the Dept.
of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C), office of motor vehicles (OMV), issue a special prestige license plate to be known as the "Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association" license plate, provided that there is a minimum of 1,000 applicants for such plates.
Proposed law establishes that the plate may issued, upon application, to any citizen of Louisiana.
Proposed law specifies that the plate is restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreationalvehicles,motorcycles,andvans.
FurtherdirectstheDP&S,OMV,tocreatethe specialprestigelicenseplatewhentheapplicablestatutoryprovisionsaremetandthedept.'s electronic vehicle and registration system is updated to accommodate the creation of new plates.
Proposed law requires the design include the words "Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association"and"RegisteredDentalHygienist".
Furtherrequiresthatasymbolrepresenting the Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association appearon the left portion of the plate;
that the letters "RDH" appear vertically in the center portion of the plate followed by four alpha- numeric digits for registration purposes;
and that the plate will be white and light purple.
Proposed law specifies that the plate will be issued, upon application, to any citizen of the state in the same manner as anyother motor vehicle license plate.
Proposed law requires that the dept.
collect an annual royalty fee of $25 in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed in present law and a handling fee of $3.50 for each plate to be retained bythe dept.
to offset a portion of administrative costs.
Proposed law requires the annual royalty fee collected by the dept.
to be forwarded to the La.
Dental Hygienists' Assoc.
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and all monies be used solely for the activities of the La.
Dental Hygienists' Assoc.
Proposed law requires the secretary promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of 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:
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Remove a provision which limits the issuance of the special prestige plate to those Louisiana citizens who are members of the Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association and instead makes the plate available to anyLouisiana citizen.
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- Enrolled HB1192 Enrolled Current pdf
- Engrossed HB1192 Engrossed pdf
- HB1192 Act 712 View text pdf
- HB1192 Original View text pdf
Amendments
2 amendments- House Committee Amendment, #4249, THPW, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- House Committee Amendment, #4236, THPW, Draft Show changes
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 712.
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Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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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.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Read 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.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
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Reported with amendments (15-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
Sponsors
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion · Cosponsor
- Chad Michael Boyer · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Chad Michael Boyer Republican
Co-sponsors (1)
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat
Not signed on (145)
145 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 145 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 82% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Not Voting |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 63 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 98 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | 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 |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 1192?
- HB 1192 is sponsored by Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat) and Chad Michael Boyer (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 1192?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2026. Enacted.
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