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HB 685 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides with respect to the procurement of public motor vehicles and rolling stock (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HB 685 would allow Louisiana state and local governments (including parishes, municipalities, and other political subdivisions) to bypass the standard Louisiana Uniform Bid requirement when purchasing public motor vehicles, rolling stock, or related equipment. Instead, it authorizes them to use procurement methods approved under Section 3019 of the federal Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), which streamlines vehicle procurement through cooperative purchasing. This change directly affects entities that buy public transportation vehicles by enabling faster access to federal funding and project-specific procurement options. The bill aims to shorten what the legislature describes as an "unnecessarily lengthy" procurement process for transportation assets.
Issues: ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationStreamlines procurement for transportation equipment under FAST Act, facilitating infrastructure projects without direct funding cuts or restrictions.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed May 29, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB685 Original → HB685 Act 564 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill converts the legislative text from a draft version to an enrolled, enacted law. It adds official signatures from the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, and the Governor, and removes the internal legislative digest and explanatory notes. The actual legal content regarding vehicle procurement remains unchanged.
Scope change
The scope of the law itself is unchanged; only the document status changed from a draft proposal to an official act.
TECHNICAL

Added official signatures and titles for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor to finalize the bill as Act No. 564.

Removed the legislative digest, abstract, and explanatory notes that were part of the original draft but are not part of the final law.

Updated the document header to reflect the bill is now 'ENROLLED' and assigned Act No. 564 for the 2026 Regular Session.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2026 · House Apr 13, 2026

How they voted

32–5
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 21, 2026
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican28
21 Yea 5 Nay 2
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-1).
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 · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Shaun Mena
Shaun Mena
DDemocratic
LA
23