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LouisianaHB 5802025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS: Increase the penalties for operating a vehicle with fictitious plates and provides for specifications for temporary registration plates issued by dealers and the display of temporary registrations plates issued by dealers (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsored By: John R. Illg Jr. (Republican)

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Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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7 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 6 costs, 0 mixed.

Tougher penalties for knowingly using invalid plates

Knowingly displaying, possessing, or using a fake, canceled, revoked, suspended, or altered temporary plate carries criminal penalties. Encouraging another person to use one is also covered. Penalties include a $100–$500 fine, up to six months in jail, or both. The commissioner can also impose $200–$500 civil penalties on people, public license tag agents, or auto title companies for the specified violation. A separate registration law sets a $250 fine for knowingly displaying, selling, offering, distributing, or possessing invalid registration papers or plates, including temporary plates.

Buyers can transfer special plates

The commissioner can let buyers move a special or personalized plate from their old vehicle to their new vehicle. This takes the place of issuing a temporary plate. The transfer must be reported electronically. Approval is at the commissioner's discretion, not an automatic right.

Drivers face stricter temporary plate rules

Temporary plates must be fastened to the rear bumper or the manufacturer's plate location, kept clean, and readable from 60 feet. Clear covers are allowed only when they do not obscure the plate. Dealers and owners must destroy temporary plates when permanent plates arrive, or within 60 days without an extension. The department can approve another 60 days when a title transfer is defective or delayed. Truck dealers can issue special 60-day temporary plates for trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 10,000 pounds.

Dealers face tighter plate reporting rules

Only licensed dealers can obtain and issue temporary plates, and only for vehicles purchased from licensed dealers. Before issuance, dealers must electronically report vehicle details, the issue date, and dealer or lender name, address, and city. Dealers must keep issuance records for at least three years and allow the commissioner and peace officers to inspect them. For noncompliance, the commissioner can stop issuance and demand unused plates until satisfied the dealer will comply or its license ends. A dealer with a valid license can request plates one transaction at a time by submitting the buyer's signed documents.

Dealers pay more for temporary plates

Licensed dealers pay $20 for each temporary plate or approved paper or card-stock piece they request. The former fee was $4 per set, so the old and new charges use different units. The commissioner keeps the fees to cover printing, processing, and issuance costs. Dealers may pass these costs to vehicle buyers; the law does not require that.

Vehicle operators lose overload weight allowance

The law removes the exception for a genuine overload no more than 10% above a vehicle's licensed or registered weight. Owners and operators no longer have that allowance under these registration laws. Carrying a load above the registered weight can therefore violate these rules even within that former 10% allowance.

New printing standards for dealer plates

The commissioner can set rules to phase out preprinted temporary plates and require printing on demand using approved stock. Print-on-demand plates must show their issue date, expiration date, vehicle make, and serial number on the front. The commissioner must also ensure that temporary and permanent plates show the same number.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • John R. Illg Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 247 • No: 1

House vote • 6/9/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

Yes: 100 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/8/2025

Rules suspended. The amended bill was 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 • 5/12/2025

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 1

House vote • 5/6/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/10/2025Senate

  2. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/10/2025House

  3. Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

    6/9/2025House

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

    6/9/2025House

  5. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/8/2025Senate

  6. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    6/8/2025House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.

    6/8/2025House

  8. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    6/4/2025Senate

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

    6/4/2025Senate

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

    6/4/2025Senate

  11. Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.

    6/1/2025Senate

  12. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    6/1/2025Senate

  13. Reported with amendments.

    5/29/2025Senate

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

    5/14/2025Senate

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

    5/13/2025Senate

  16. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/12/2025House

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.

    5/8/2025House

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

    5/7/2025House

  19. Reported favorably (10-0).

    5/6/2025House

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

    4/14/2025House

  21. Prefiled.

    4/4/2025House

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

    4/4/2025House

  23. Becomes Act No. 509 without the Governor's signature.

    7/1/2024House

  24. Effective date: 07/01/2025.

    7/1/2024House

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