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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana creates new blackout license plates and adds ten high school specialty plates
Last action · May 15, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Tehmi Chassion
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes a new "blackout" specialty license plate featuring white text on a black background and adds ten new high school prestige plates, effective August 1, 2026. The blackout plate requires a minimum of 1,000 applicants and an annual $25 directed to the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police. High school plates require a minimum of 100 applicants and are designed by the respective student council with principal approval.
Motorists can purchase new specialty license plate designs for passenger vehicles and motorcycles, with an additional $25 annual fee collected for the blackout plate supporting a charitable organization.
- House Bill 506 was enacted during the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature as Act 162. context
Who It Affects
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Louisiana motor vehicle owners
Vehicle owners gain the option to apply for new blackout and high school specialty prestige license plates subject to fees and applicant minimums.
Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police
The organization receives annual charitable donations derived from royalty fees collected on blackout license plates.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 15, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 162.
- May 15, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 14, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 14, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 13, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 13, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- May 12, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 4, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
- Apr 8, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseReported with amendments (14-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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