LouisianaLouisiana motor vehicle office would keep reinstatement debts from state collectors
The enrolled measure would bar Louisiana’s motor vehicle office from sending unpaid reinstatement fee debts to the state debt recovery office.
What it does
The Office of Motor Vehicles may not send unpaid reinstatement fee debts to the state Office of Debt Recovery.
Argument forDrivers with unpaid reinstatement fees could avoid having those debts sent to the state debt office for collection.
Argument againstPeople who owe covered fees may lose access to the state debt office’s collection process, which could make resolving a final debt harder.
More detail
The Office of Motor Vehicles may not refer debts from unpaid reinstatement fees to the Office of Debt Recovery. This covers debts arising from unpaid motor vehicle reinstatement fees under R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a). The text identifies these debts as those incurred under R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a). The enrolled text gives no separate start date.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 23Becomes Act No. 952 without the Governor's signature.Latest
- Jun 23Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 29Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 28Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1524). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 28Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 27Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 26Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 25Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 21Reported favorably.Minor
- May 12Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- May 11Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 7Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#967). Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 6Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- May 5Reported with amendments (16-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
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