MTR VEHICLE/EMERGENCY: Provides relative to emergency vehicles for coroners
HB 474 clarifies which vehicles qualify as emergency vehicles for coroner investigations. It changes the law to specify that coroners, not a fixed list, can designate specific vehicles used in their investigations as emergency vehicles. This gives parish coroners flexibility to determine which vehicles meet emergency needs for their work. The bill directly affects coroners and their operational vehicles during investigations. The change is technical, updating the legal description without altering broader emergency vehicle rules.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025
Signed Jun 11, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB474 Original
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HB474 Act 281
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2 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the legal definition of an 'authorized emergency vehicle' to explicitly include vehicles used for coroner investigations. It also expands the list of authorized municipal emergency vehicles to include those designated by the chief of police of any incorporated municipality, broadening the criteria beyond just the Department of Transportation.
Scope change
The scope of vehicles legally recognized as emergency vehicles has been expanded to include coroner investigation vehicles and to include police-designated municipal vehicles.
DEFINITION
Added 'vehicles used for coroner investigations as designated by the parish coroner' to the list of authorized emergency vehicles.
ELIGIBILITY
Modified the eligibility criteria for municipal emergency vehicles to include those designated by the chief of police of any incorporated municipality.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2025 · House May 12, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Jun 8, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Jun 11, 2025
Became law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 281.
Jun 8, 2025
Senate · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Jun 1, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 29, 2025
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported favorably.
May 12, 2025
House · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
May 6, 2025
House · Reported by committee
Reported favorably (8-1-1).
Apr 14, 2025
House · Referred to committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Apr 4, 2025
House · Referred to committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jacob Braud
RRepublican
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