HB 506 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates certain special prestige license plates

HB 506 creates special license plates for specific Louisiana high schools (including Lafayette High, Carencro High, and others) and establishes a new "blackout" plate design. The blackout plate requires 1,000 applicants, features a black background with a blue line symbolizing fallen officers, and charges a $25 annual fee (with $24 going to the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police charity). Louisiana drivers can apply for these plates like standard licenses, with fees covering administrative costs and funding police-related charities. The bill standardizes design rules, fees, and distribution for all special plates.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 26, 2026 Signed May 15, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB506 Original → HB506 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized into law (Act No. 162) with minor text corrections, such as changing the reference in the act title from R.S. 47:463.73(G) to include subsection (A) as well. The core policy regarding the creation of special license plates for high schools and the 'blackout' plate for fallen law enforcement officers remains substantively unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain the same; the changes are limited to formatting and correcting statutory references in the act title and section headers.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the statutory reference in the act title and Section 1 from R.S. 47:463.73(G) to R.S. 47:463.73(A) and (G) to accurately reflect the sections being amended.

Adjusted the text in the act title to change 'vehicle' to 'motor vehicle' for consistency and grammatical flow.

Updated the page count reference from 'Page 1 of 4' to 'Page 1 of 3' to reflect the final enrolled version of the document.

Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2026 · House Apr 13, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

May 12, 2026

D Democratic12

9 Yea 3

75% Yea

R Republican28

27 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 4, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read 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.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (14-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors