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LouisianaHB 7282026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

MTR VEHICLE/TOWING: Establish regulations for intrastate towing by out-of-state operators and implement uniform signage for private property towing throughout the state

Sponsored By: Jacob Braud (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Vehicle owners gain towing fee protections

Private-property towing without the vehicle owner’s consent must follow uniform fees set by the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Someone reclaiming an overcharged vehicle can recover excess charges, applicable storage costs, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs. Tow companies must provide proper bills and make invoices, contracts, and property-owner or representative contact details available to enforcement officers. Towing or billing violations can bring penalties, including loss of a towing or storage license. Company owners cannot defend violations by saying they did not know about an employee’s actions.

Written agreements define private towing rules

Property owners or their designated managers and tow companies must use written agreements stating parking rules and reasons for towing. Agreements must include contact numbers, signatures, dates, and the service’s start and end dates. Each agreement expires annually on June 13 at 11:59 a.m. Agreements cover only the current owner or designee and cannot be transferred. Copies must stay at both business offices and in the tow truck.

Interstate tow operators must submit records

Interstate tow operators must give Louisiana State Police transport documents before entering Louisiana. These records must show a fixed, ongoing plan to transport vehicles across state lines. They must include a bill of lading, each vehicle’s identification number, sender and receiver addresses, starting location, destination, and route.

Clearer towing signs, fewer advance steps

Property owners must post state-approved towing signs at visible entrances and exits and clearly mark restricted parking spaces. Tow companies and drivers must check these signs and markings before removing a vehicle. Louisiana State Police’s Towing and Recovery Unit must set rules for parking signs and markings. Owners who meet the sign requirements do not have to tag vehicles or sign billing invoices before towing.

Tow operators face Louisiana plate limits

Tow trucks generally must display a Louisiana towing license plate and follow state towing rules. Out-of-state trucks requiring federal carrier registration and holding a valid U.S. transportation number cannot perform tows entirely within Louisiana. Interstate towing has a plate exemption for out-of-state trucks with the required federal registration and transportation number. Interstate car carriers that can carry five or more vehicles also qualify with federal registration and a valid transportation number. Louisiana-registered, shop-owned trucks are exempt when driven by the owner or an employee solely to bring vehicles there for maintenance or repair.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jacob Braud

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 146 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/19/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 3/23/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 3/16/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 440.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/21/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/20/2026House

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

    5/20/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

    5/19/2026Senate

  8. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/19/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    3/25/2026Senate

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

    3/24/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/23/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2026.

    3/18/2026House

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

    3/17/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (15-0).

    3/16/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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