Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 17 R cosponsors

HB 349 — MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Prohibits requiring vaccination verification or immunity status for certain transactions or for inclusion on a driver's license or special identification card

Last action — Read by title, returned to the calendar.

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  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 March 31, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 21 sponsors

    1 primary, 20 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (17 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  2. Veto message read. Lies over under the rules.

  3. Vetoed by the Governor.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

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

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  10. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  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 71, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2021.

  16. Reported with amendments (10-0).

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

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 20 co-sponsors · 126 not signed on · 14 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (20)

Not signed on (126)

126 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#896)

Passed 33 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15100
Democrat 4200
Republican 14002
Total 33302
% of votes cast 87%8%0%5%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Johns — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Peterson — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#144)

Passed 71 Yea · 18 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 23605
Republican 43104
Democrat 51106
Total 7118015
% of votes cast 68%17%0%14%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Brown — Yea
Huval — Yea
Romero — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Davis — Yea
Magee — Yea
McKnight — Yea
White — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Glover — Nay
Hughes — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Jones — Nay
Willard — Nay
Hollis — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
DuBuisson — Yea
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Not Voting
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 349?
HB 349 is sponsored by Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Mack Cormier, Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Julie Emerson, Les Farnum (Republican), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Ray Garofalo, Valarie Hodges (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Barry Ivey, Shane Mack (Republican), Danny McCormick (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Alan Seabaugh (Republican), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), and Mark Wright (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 349?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2021. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 349?
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