SB 260 Louisiana Senate · 2024 Regular Session

TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides for amending and transferring commercial truck permits. (8/1/24) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

This bill allows the Department of Transportation and Development to issue special annual permits specifically for transporting heavy equipment. Under the new rules, permit holders can amend or transfer these permits between different vehicles up to four times each year, with any extra transfers left to the department's discretion. The department must also create regulations to set a fee for these permits, which cannot exceed $2,500, and ensure the equipment stays within existing size and weight limits. This change directly affects commercial transporters who need flexibility to move heavy machinery across different vehicles.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2024 · House May 1, 2024

How they voted

350
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Mar 26, 2024
D Democratic12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
R Republican25
25 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 16, 2024
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors