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LouisianaHB 6852026 Regular SessionHouse

PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides with respect to the procurement of public motor vehicles and rolling stock (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Shaun Raphael Mena (Democratic)

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.

Louisiana governments gain more vehicle buying options

Louisiana and local governments gain another option for buying public motor vehicles, rolling stock, and related equipment. This includes municipalities, parishes, and other local subdivisions. The added methods must be approved under and comply with Section 3019 of the federal FAST Act. Existing buying methods remain available. The law provides no direct household benefit or new funding.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Shaun Raphael Mena

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 109 • No: 34

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 31 • No: 5

House vote • 4/13/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 65 • No: 28

House vote • 4/7/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 564.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/26/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/25/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

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

    5/12/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    4/14/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

    4/9/2026House

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

    4/8/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (13-1).

    4/7/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

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