All Roll Calls
Yes: 112 • No: 33
LouisianaHB 5542025 Regular SessionHouse
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Establishes a notice of voting restriction and a restriction code applicable to persons who are not United States citizens and aliens lawfully present in the United States but have not attained United States citizenship (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsored By: Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Transportation, Highways and Public Works
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
New license limits and codes for noncitizens
Louisiana’s motor vehicle office cannot issue driver’s licenses or state IDs to noncitizens who are not lawfully present. Lawfully present noncitizens can receive either, but their cards must show a restriction code once the system supports printing it. If the system cannot support the codes, any upgrade must add that ability; the law sets no upgrade deadline. The office must adopt rules for checking citizenship and immigration status and assigning the code.
Voting notices and record sharing for noncitizens
Louisiana’s motor vehicle office must mail noncitizens an official notice saying they cannot register or vote in Louisiana. The notice must warn that trying is a felony carrying up to a $2,000 fine, two years in prison, or both. It must include French, Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and any translations federal law requires. The office must keep records of notice recipients and send the required data monthly to the Secretary of State. This sharing supports voter list maintenance and must follow an agreement between the two offices.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Dixon Wallace McMakin
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/9/2025
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 28 • No: 11
House vote • 5/6/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 75 • No: 21
House vote • 4/28/2025
Reported favorably
Yes: 9 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 292.
6/11/2025HouseEffective date: 08/01/2025.
6/11/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/10/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/10/2025HouseRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/9/2025SenateReceived from the Senate without amendments.
6/9/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/8/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
6/1/2025SenateReported favorably.
5/29/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
5/8/2025SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/7/2025SenateRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/6/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
5/5/2025HouseRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
4/29/2025HouseReported favorably (9-1).
4/28/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
4/4/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
4/4/2025House
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