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LouisianaHB 8912026 Regular SessionHouse

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Provides for wildlife special prestige license plates (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Jacob Jules Landry (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Existing plate money goes to conservation groups

The Office of Motor Vehicles must credit and send existing Quail Forever and Ducks Unlimited plate revenues to those organizations. It must complete this transfer before January 1, 2027. The law also repeals two Conservation Fund subaccounts tied to the old revenue allocation system. This transition does not create a new household payment.

Higher wildlife plate fees include memberships

Quail Forever and Ducks Unlimited plate buyers pay a $50 annual royalty, plus regular vehicle taxes and a $3.50 handling fee. For Quail Forever, this replaces the $26 charge every two years. Each purchase includes an annual membership in the matching organization. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections keeps the handling fee and sends royalties directly to each organization. The organizations must use that money solely for their conservation activities in Louisiana.

New paid plate supports Louisiana conservation

The law creates a Conserve Louisiana plate option for Louisiana citizens with passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, or vans. Issuance requires at least 1,000 applicants and an updated state vehicle registration system. Buyers pay a $50 annual royalty and a $3.50 handling fee, plus regular registration charges. The state keeps the handling fee; the $50 revenues enter the treasury and fund an equal Conservation Fund deposit. That deposit follows state constitutional and Conservation Fund requirements and comes before money goes to the general fund. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections must adopt implementing rules and coordinate the named plate design with Wildlife and Fisheries.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jacob Jules Landry

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 141 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/29/2026

Rules suspended. 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 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 3/11/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 88.

    5/11/2026House

  2. Effective date: 05/11/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  3. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/5/2026House

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

    5/5/2026House

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/5/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/4/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. 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

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

    4/21/2026Senate

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

    4/20/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/15/2026Senate

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

    3/24/2026Senate

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

    3/23/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/18/2026House

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

    3/17/2026House

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

    3/16/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (14-0).

    3/11/2026House

  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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