Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 613

MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Requires the office of motor vehicles to display an image indicating the United States citizenship status on driver's licenses and state identification cards of cardholders (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Dodie Horton (Republican)

Cosponsors (19)

• Roger Wilder III (Republican)
• Laurie Schlegel (Republican)
• Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican)
• Charles Owen (Republican)
• Michael Melerine (Republican)
• Mike Johnson (Republican)
• Gabe Firment (Republican)
• Peter Egan (Republican)
• Kathy Edmonston (Republican)
• Michael Echols (Republican)
• Phillip DeVillier (Republican)
• Raymond Crews (Republican)
• Vincent Cox III (Republican)
• Kimberly Coates (Republican)
• Emily Chenevert (Republican)
• Rhonda Butler (Republican)
• Mike Bayham (Republican)
• Dennis Bamburg Jr. (Republican)
• Beryl Amedee (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1202, Horton, Adopted
• House Floor Amendment, #2520, Horton, Adopted
• HB613 Original
• HB613 Engrossed
• HB613 Reengrossed
• HB613 Enrolled
• HB613 Act

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 4:02 AM.

Actions

• Feb 26, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Feb 26, 2026 · House
  Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
• Mar 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
• Mar 23, 2026 · House
  Reported favorably (8-5).
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Mar 25, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
• Mar 26, 2026 · House
  Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• Mar 26, 2026 · House
  Notice given.
• Mar 26, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
• Apr 22, 2026 · Senate
  Reported favorably.
• Apr 27, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• Apr 28, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 11, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 11, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate without amendments.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• May 13, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• May 13, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• May 15, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 170.
• May 15, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 08/01/2026.