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LouisianaHB 8012026 Regular SessionHouse

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Classic Black" specialty license plate

Sponsored By: Chasity Martinez (Democratic)

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 Classic Black plates for Louisiana drivers

The law creates the “Classic Black We Will Never Forget: Caroline and Maggie” specialty plate for Louisiana citizens. It is available for passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans. Issuance requires at least 1,000 applicants and a state vehicle registration system that can handle the plates. The design has white letters and numbers, a black background, a white border, and “LOUISIANA” centered at the top. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections must adopt rules to run the program through its office of motor vehicles.

Classic Black plate owners pay extra fees

Each Classic Black plate carries a $25 annual fee, on top of the standard motor vehicle license tax. Each plate also carries a $3.50 handling fee; the law does not specify when this fee is collected. The state forwards the annual fees to the Donald J. Thibodeaux Training Center in Zachary, Louisiana. That money pays for emergency vehicle operations training for local governments. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections keeps the handling fee to cover part of its administrative costs.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Chasity Martinez

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Adrian Fisher

    Democratic • House

  • Barbara Carpenter

    Democratic • House

  • Barbara Reich Freiberg

    Republican • House

  • Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV

    Republican • House

  • Beth Anne Billings

    Republican • House

  • Chad Michael Boyer

    Republican • House

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Doyle Boudreaux

    Republican • House

  • Jessica Domangue

    Republican • House

  • Kellee Hennessy Dickerson

    Republican • House

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Marcus Anthony Bryant

    Democratic • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • R. Dewith Carrier

    Republican • House

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • Troy Jude Hebert

    Republican • House

  • Wilford Carter Sr.

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 230 • No: 1

House vote • 5/11/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/29/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 32 • No: 0

House vote • 3/18/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 1

House vote • 3/11/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 175.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/13/2026House

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

    5/12/2026House

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

    5/11/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.

    5/7/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/5/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/29/2026Senate

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

    4/21/2026Senate

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

    4/20/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    4/15/2026Senate

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

    3/24/2026Senate

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

    3/23/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/18/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/18/2026.

    3/17/2026House

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

    3/16/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (12-0).

    3/11/2026House

  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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