HB 613 — MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Requires the office of motor vehicles to display an image indicating the United States citizenship status on driver's licenses and state identification cards of cardholders (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 170.
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✓Introduced
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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 February 26, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 15, 2026.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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20 sponsors
1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (20 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
The bill requires driver's licenses and ID cards to display an eagle image indicating U.S. citizenship status.
This bill mandates that Louisiana's driver's licenses and state identification cards show an eagle image to signify U.S. citizenship for verified applicants. The office of motor vehicles is tasked with creating rules for this requirement.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
38 added · 65 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment removes a reference to "ACT No. 170" from the bill. This change simplifies the text and makes it clearer by eliminating unnecessary legal citations. It matters because it helps ensure the focus stays on the main points of the bill without getting bogged down in complex references.
HLSENROLLED 26RS-446 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
613 BY REPRESENTATIVES HORTON, AMEDEE, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BUTLER, CHENEVERT,COATES,COX,CREWS,DEVILLIER,ECHOLS,EDMONSTON, EGAN, FIRMENT, MIKE JOHNSON, MELERINE, OWEN, SCHAMERHORN, SCHLEGEL, AND WILDER MTRAN VEHICLE/OFFICE:ACT To enact R.S.
Requires the office of motor vehicles to display an image indicating the United States citizenship status on driver's licenses and state identification cards of cardholders AN ACT To enact R.S.
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613 (x) An image of an eagle in flight to signifythat the applicant is a citizen of the United States, provided that the applicant's citizenship has been verified.
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HLS 26RS-446 REENGROSSED HB NO.
613 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
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 613 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Horton Abstract:
Requires the office of motor vehicles to displayan image of an eagle to signify United States citizenship status on all driver's licenses and special identification cards.
Presentlaw(R.S.32:410andR.S.40:1321)outlinestherequiredinformationtobeincluded on driver's licenses and special identification cards issued by the office of motor vehicles (OMV).
Specifies that the required information include the individual's name, address, photograph, physical description, and other identifying information.
Proposed law retains present law and requires the OMV include an image of an eagle in flighttosignifyU.S.citizenshipstatusonalldriver'slicensesandspecialidentificationcards issued, provided an applicant's citizenship has been verified.
Further requires the OMV promulgate rules inaccordancewith theAdministrativeProcedureActin implementing the design, placement, and documentation requirements for verifying citizenship status.
Additionally, requires that any future upgrades or new card implementations by the OMV accommodate new credentials on driver's licenses and special identification cards if the current system is unable to do so.
(Adds R.S.
32:410(A)(3)(a)(x) and R.S.
40:1321(E)(3)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
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Amendments
2 amendments- House Floor Amendment, #2520, Horton, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1202, Horton, Adopted Adopted Show changes
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 170.
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Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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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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Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 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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Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Called from the calendar.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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Notice given.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported favorably (8-5).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Sponsors
- Roger William Wilder III · Cosponsor
- Laurie Schlegel · Cosponsor
- Rodney Schamerhorn · Cosponsor
- Charles Owen · Cosponsor
- Michael Melerine · Cosponsor
- Mike Johnson · Cosponsor
- Michael "Gabe" Firment · Cosponsor
- Peter F. Egan Sr. · Cosponsor
- Kathy Edmonston · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Phillip DeVillier · Cosponsor
- Raymond J. Crews · Cosponsor
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
- Kimberly Landry Coates · Cosponsor
- Emily Chenevert · Cosponsor
- Rhonda Gaye Butler · Cosponsor
- Michael Robert Bayham Jr. · Cosponsor
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. · Cosponsor
- Beryl Amedée · Cosponsor
- Dodie Horton · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 127 not signed on · 38 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Dodie Horton Republican
Co-sponsors (19)
- III, Roger William Wilder Republican
- Laurie Schlegel Republican
- Rodney Schamerhorn Republican
- Charles Owen Republican
- Michael Melerine Republican
- Mike Johnson Republican
- Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican
- Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican
- Kathy Edmonston Republican
- Michael Charles Echols Republican
- Phillip DeVillier Republican
- Raymond J. Crews Republican
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
- Kimberly Landry Coates Republican
- Emily Chenevert Republican
- Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican
- Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican
- Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican
- Beryl Amedée Republican
Not signed on (127)
127 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 69% | 23% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Nay |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Nay |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Nay |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Nay |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Nay |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Nay |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Nay |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Not Voting |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 63 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 72 | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 69% | 28% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Johnson, T. | — | Nay |
| Landry, T. | — | Nay |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Nay |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Nay |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Nay |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Nay |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Nay |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Nay |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Nay |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Nay |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Nay |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Nay |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Nay |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Nay |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Nay |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Nay |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Nay |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Nay |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Nay |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Nay |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 613?
- HB 613 is sponsored by III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Michael Melerine (Republican), Mike Johnson (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), and Dodie Horton (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 613?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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