HB 629 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates a license plate for the Krewe of Athena

HB 629 creates a special Louisiana license plate for the Krewe of Athena Carnival Club, available to any Louisiana resident who applies and pays fees. The plate requires a minimum of 1,000 applicants to be issued, with an annual $25 fee (plus a $3.50 handling fee) collected by the state. All $25 fees go directly to the Krewe of Athena to fund scholarships for debutantes, with the plate design including the words "Krewe of Athena" and following state plate regulations.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed May 11, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB629 Original → HB629 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a draft proposal to an enrolled act, adding the signatures of multiple sponsors and official approval signatures from the Speaker, Senate President, and Governor. The substantive policy content regarding the 'Krewe of Athena' license plate, including the $25 royalty fee and scholarship funding, remained unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the statutory text.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged; it continues to authorize a special prestige license plate for the Krewe of Athena with the same eligibility and fee structure as the original draft.

TECHNICAL

Added signatures of additional sponsors (Boyd, Brass, Braud, Broussard, Chassion, Dickerson, Domangue, Green, Knox, Lafleur, Terry, Landry, Larvadain, Marcelle, Martinez, Murray, Spell, Taylor, Walters, and Wiley) to the list of primary sponsor Representative Lyons.

Added official approval signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor, indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages and become law.

Adjusted line numbers and paragraph numbering in the statutory text (e.g., changing subsection A to A.(1)) to comply with the final enrolled format, though the legal content is identical.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 29, 2026 · House Mar 18, 2026

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 40

Apr 29, 2026

D Democratic12

9 Yea 3

75% Yea

R Republican28

25 Yea 3

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 20, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

Apr 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (14-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

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

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

1 primary · 17 co-sponsors