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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 891 Establishes Conserve Louisiana License Plate and Updates Wildlife Plate Fees
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 05/11/2026.Sponsor: Jacob Landry
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana House Bill 891 creates the new "Conserve Louisiana" special prestige license plate and updates fee distribution rules for existing Quail Forever and Ducks Unlimited specialty plates. The law requires a minimum of one thousand applicants before the "Conserve Louisiana" plate is issued for passenger vehicles, pick up trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans. The Act takes effect immediately upon the governor's signature.
Motorists purchasing the new "Conserve Louisiana" specialty license plate will pay a $50 fee dedicated to state s alongside standard vehicle registration costs, while existing wildlife plate revenues are redirected to support specific conservation organizations.
- Specialty license plates in Louisiana are created by legislative acts to raise funds for specific non-profit and conservation missions. context
- The Conservation Fund holds revenues dedicated to wildlife management and conservation programs overseen by the state. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Louisiana motorists
Motorists have the option to purchase the new Conserve Louisiana specialty license plate and pay associated fees.
Louisiana Quail Forever organization
The organization receives annual royalty fees collected from its specialty license plate to support its conservation activities.
Louisiana Ducks Unlimited organization
The organization receives annual royalty fees collected from its specialty license plate to support waterfowl conservation.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 88.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 05/11/2026.
- May 5, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 5, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 5, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 4, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
Show 14 earlier actions
- Apr 29, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 24, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Mar 23, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 17, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/18/2026.
- Mar 16, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 11, 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, 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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Consolidation of Wildlife Plate Regulations
The Act updates fee allocations for multiple wildlife-related prestige plates while introducing a unified "Conserve Louisiana" option.
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- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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