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LouisianaSB 1292026 Regular SessionSenate

MOTOR VEHICLES: Creates the "Master Combat Infantryman" specialty license plate. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Franklin J. Foil (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More officials qualify for special plates

The law expands special plate access to Louisiana Supreme Court members and also allows Louisiana members of Congress to apply. A clerk of court can request plates in writing for official vehicles used by duly commissioned officers performing official duties. Eligible vehicles are cars, pickup trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, and vans. The department must set rules for plate design, issuance, transfers, and what happens when a recipient dies. Fees follow the existing state fee framework.

New military plate with spouse transfer limits

Louisiana creates a “Master Combat Infantryman” plate for cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans. Applicants must have the Combat Infantryman Badge plus an Expert Infantryman, Expert Field Medical, or Expert Soldier Badge. Fees follow existing state fee laws; the act does not list a dollar amount. The light blue and gold plate shows the Master Combat Infantryman Badge on the left and its name below the number. The Office of Motor Vehicles must update its electronic vehicle and title registration system before creating the plate. A surviving spouse who has not remarried can apply to the secretary to transfer the plate. The plate must be returned when that spouse dies or remarries.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Franklin J. Foil

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 142 • No: 0

House vote • 5/18/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 5/11/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/31/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 463.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 5/29/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

    5/18/2026House

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/18/2026House

  8. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/18/2026Senate

  9. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/13/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/12/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/11/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

  13. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/31/2026Senate

  14. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/31/2026House

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/30/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    3/25/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    2/24/2026Senate

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