All Roll Calls
Yes: 140 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 1702025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL: Removes the requirement that taxi cab drivers obtain a chauffeur's license (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsored By: Vincent E. Cox III (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Transportation, Highways and Public Works
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Taxi drivers no longer need chauffeur licenses
Louisiana taxi drivers no longer need a Class D chauffeur's license. They must meet only the requirements for a Class E driver's license. License rules for other commercial drivers stay the same.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Vincent E. Cox III
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/28/2025
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 38 • No: 0
House vote • 5/6/2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 94 • No: 0
House vote • 4/28/2025
Reported favorably
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 66.
6/4/2025HouseEffective date: 08/01/2025.
6/4/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate on 5/29/2025.
6/1/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
5/30/2025HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
5/29/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
5/29/2025HouseRead by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
5/28/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
5/20/2025SenateRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
5/19/2025SenateReported favorably.
5/14/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
5/7/2025SenateRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/6/2025HouseReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/6/2025SenateScheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
5/5/2025HouseRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
4/29/2025HouseReported favorably (8-0).
4/28/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
3/31/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
3/31/2025House
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