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Yes: 279 • No: 0
LouisianaSB 372025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission. (8/1/25)
Sponsored By: Bob Hensgens (Republican)
Signed by Governor
CommerceCommerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Independent panel hears vehicle licensing disputes
Beginning August 1, 2025, the three public commission members exclusively decide covered disputes involving licensees and businesses operating without required licenses. Parties can get a hearing without first trying informal resolution; the panel can compel evidence and issue written final decisions, remedies, and fines. Aggrieved parties have 30 days after transmission or service of a decision to seek review in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court. Panel members elect a hearing chair, avoid other commission business, and receive hearing pay instead of the usual commission per diem. Pay comes from commission administrative funds, cannot fall below the daily rate for Louisiana Supreme Court-appointed temporary judges or lawyers, and includes allowed expenses.
Louisiana sets new vehicle commission qualifications
Beginning August 1, 2025, Louisiana's Motor Vehicle Commission sits within the governor's office with 18 governor-appointed members, subject to Senate confirmation. Fifteen must be Louisiana residents of good character, have five consecutive years of active licensing before appointment, and stay licensed. These seats must include leasing or rental, heavy truck, marine product, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, and sales financing representatives. The other three must be retired judges or Louisiana lawyers with at least 10 years of legal experience who never held commission licenses. The governor appoints the chair from the state at large, and each of eight commission districts must have a member.
Some manufacturers can run warranty centers
Beginning August 1, 2025, some manufacturers and distributors can operate one or more licensed satellite warranty and repair centers. They must have held a commission license to lease vehicles, directly or through a subsidiary, on January 1, 2024. Neither they nor any common entity can have, or ever have had, franchised dealers licensed in Louisiana. Common entities include businesses under direct or indirect ownership or control, including more-than-30% equity links or shared ownership above that threshold. Permission ends if the manufacturer or distributor buys control of a franchisor or franchisor-controlled entity, or transfers its own controlling interest to one.
Warranty repair rules protect franchised dealers
Beginning August 1, 2025, manufacturers and related suppliers generally cannot operate warranty repair centers outside franchised dealerships. They also cannot authorize dealer-operated satellite centers within another same-make or same-line dealer's territory; recreational product manufacturers are exempt. Warranty repairs, including emergency repairs, can be authorized only for dealers, approved fleet owners, or emergency services companies and related companies. Fleet owners include governments and businesses owning or leasing vehicles for their use, or renting, maintaining, or leasing vehicles for others. Manufacturers with current or past Louisiana franchised dealers must notify the dealer responsible for the area when authorizing fleet warranty repairs.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Bob Hensgens
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/12/2025
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
Yes: 96 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/12/2025
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
Yes: 37 • No: 0
House vote • 6/8/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 95 • No: 0
House vote • 6/2/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 14 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/20/2025
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 37 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 408.
6/20/2025SenateEffective date 6/20/2025.
6/20/2025SenateConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
6/12/2025SenateRules suspended, called from regular order.
6/12/2025HouseConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
6/12/2025HouseNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025SenateNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025HouseSigned by the Speaker of the House.
6/12/2025HouseSent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025.
6/12/2025SenateEnrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/13/2025.
6/12/2025SenateNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
6/11/2025HouseHouse conferees appointed: Hebert, Carver, and Jacob Landry.
6/11/2025HouseNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
6/11/2025SenateConference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
6/11/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 06/12/2025.
6/11/2025HouseSenate conference committee members appointed: Hensgens, Abraham, and Mizell.
6/10/2025SenateRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
6/8/2025HouseReceived from the House with amendments.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
6/4/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025.
6/4/2025HouseReported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
6/3/2025HouseReported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/2/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
5/21/2025HouseRead by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
5/20/2025SenateReceived in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
5/20/2025House
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