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LouisianaHB 12442026 Regular SessionHouse

MTR VEHICLE/EMERGENCY: Establishes a driver's license designation for persons with brain injuries

Sponsored By: Lauren Ventrella (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Free brain injury designation for drivers

Louisiana drivers with a brain injury can request a license designation at no extra fee. Applicants must provide a statement verifying the disability when first getting the designation and again at license renewal. A qualified medical or mental health professional must provide verification under agency rules. The professional must be licensed in Louisiana or another U.S. state or territory and authorized to diagnose brain injuries. Public Safety Services must issue rules, including a liability waiver for releasing medical information. The House and Senate transportation committees oversee these rules.

Officers must train on brain injuries

Louisiana's law enforcement commission must establish and carry out officer training on interactions with people who have brain injuries. This training is in addition to existing required training. It covers signs of brain injury, proper procedures, and demonstrations of communication and interaction techniques. Officers must also learn how brain injuries affect behavior, what resources can help, and how to follow disability law. The training must address compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Drivers can donate to military families

Applicants for any class of Louisiana driver's license can donate $1 to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund. The donation is optional and is paid in addition to the license fee.

Penalties for false brain injury claims

The law penalizes people without a brain injury diagnosis who willfully make false claims to get the license designation. A first offense carries a $100 to $250 fine, up to 30 days in jail, or both. A later offense carries a $250 to $500 fine, up to 90 days in jail, or both. Drivers are not required to request the designation.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Lauren Ventrella

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

  • Annie Spell

    Republican • House

  • C. Denise Marcelle

    Democratic • House

  • Chasity Martinez

    Democratic • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Doyle Boudreaux

    Republican • House

  • Francis C. Thompson

    Republican • House

  • Jeffrey "Jeff" Wiley

    Republican • House

  • Joy Walters

    Democratic • House

  • Kathy Edmonston

    Republican • House

  • Marcus Anthony Bryant

    Democratic • House

  • Pat Moore

    Democratic • House

  • Reese "Skip" Broussard

    Republican • House

  • Rodney Lyons

    Democratic • House

  • Steven Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Sylvia Elaine Taylor

    Democratic • House

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • Terry Landry Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 149 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 102 • No: 0

House vote • 4/22/2026

Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 679 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 721.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/2/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/28/2026House

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

    5/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/27/2026Senate

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/26/2026Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/18/2026Senate

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

    5/7/2026Senate

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

    5/6/2026Senate

  13. Called from the calendar.

    5/5/2026House

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/5/2026House

  15. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/28/2026House

  16. Notice given.

    4/28/2026House

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.

    4/28/2026House

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

    4/23/2026House

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

    4/23/2026House

  20. Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 679 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (10-0).

    4/22/2026House

  21. Read by title.

    4/21/2026House

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