MOTOR VEHICLES: Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles to study options for regulating and reducing fees charged by licensed driver education and training schools operating in Louisiana.
This resolution directs the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles to study how to regulate and reduce fees charged by licensed driver education schools. The study will examine current costs, regional price differences, factors driving price increases, and practices used by other states to ensure affordable driver training. By February 1, 2027, the office must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the Senate Transportation Committee and the Legislative President Pro Tempore. This action primarily affects minors and first-time drivers who rely on these programs to obtain their licenses.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 26, 2026
Last action Jun 1, 2026
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SR161 Original
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SR161 Enrolled
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Jun 1, 2026
MINOR
The bill was transitioned from its original draft to its enrolled, final version. The substantive policy content regarding the study of driver education fees remains unchanged, but the text was reformatted to remove redundant headers and footers, and minor wording adjustments were made to the study requirements.
TECHNICAL
Removed redundant document headers and footers (e.g., 'SLS 26RS-4352 ORIGINAL', 'DIGEST') and standardized the title to 'ENROLLED'.
Adjusted the formatting of the resolution's purpose and 'WHEREAS' clauses to remove excessive indentation and line breaks.
REQUIREMENT
Rephrased the list of study topics from a numbered list with embedded text to a cleaner format with distinct sub-points for clarity.
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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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May 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted.
upper
May 26, 2026
Introduced
Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
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