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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana regulates temporary dealer plates with anti-counterfeiting features and extended loaner use rules
Last action · June 1, 2026: Effective date: 06/01/2026.Sponsors: Michael Melerine and 3 others
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes strict security, durability, and rules for temporary vehicle registration and dealer demonstration plates, while permitting dealerships to use inventory plates for employee fringe benefits and customer courtesy loaners.
Licensed motor vehicle dealers and vehicle purchasers in Louisiana face new equipment, material, and placement standards for temporary tags, along with a $20 application fee tied to the launch of a new electronic issuance system.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Licensed motor vehicle dealers
Motor vehicle dealers must comply with new electronic issuance systems, pay plate application fees, adhere to anti-counterfeiting paper standards, and follow expanded rules for customer loaner vehicles.
Vehicle purchasers
Vehicle buyers are issued temporary registration plates that must meet strict durability, weather-resistance, and security standards.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What security requirements are added to temporary vehicle registration plates?
Can a car dealership customer use a dealer plate while their vehicle is being repaired?
Where can temporary demonstration and identification plates be placed on a vehicle?
When does the twenty-dollar temporary plate application fee take effect?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 681.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseEffective date: 06/01/2026.
- May 29, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 28, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 28, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 27, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 26, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 20, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 13, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 12, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseReported with amendments (16-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Mandatory Electronic Issuance for Temporary Plates
The state is transitioning temporary registration plates to a controlled electronic print-on-demand system utilizing anti-counterfeiting card stock.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
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