HIGHWAYS: Provides that any Louisiana school board-owned vehicles be exempt from paying tolls on any bridges and highways in the state (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB 748 would exempt all Louisiana school board-owned vehicles from paying tolls on state-operated bridges, highways, and public ferries (excluding the Greater New Orleans Expressway). Currently, only school buses carrying students during specific hours have toll-free passage; this bill expands that exemption to cover any vehicle owned or operated by Louisiana school boards. The law would require the state to provide free passage for these vehicles over all public toll roads, bridges, and ferries managed by Louisiana. This change directly affects school districts by reducing operational costs for their vehicle fleets.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2026
Signed Jun 8, 2026
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What changed between versions
HB748 Original
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HB748 Act 829
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4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was expanded to include Representative Chassion as a sponsor and updated the official title to reflect that the exemption now applies to both school board-owned and leased vehicles. The legislative text was also reorganized to amend and reenact existing statutes rather than just enacting new ones, while maintaining the core policy of toll exemptions for students and school transportation.
Scope change
The bill's scope was broadened to explicitly include vehicles leased by school boards, in addition to those owned by them, ensuring the exemption covers a wider range of school transportation assets.
ELIGIBILITY
Added 'or leased' to the eligibility criteria, extending toll exemptions to vehicles leased by school boards in addition to those owned by them.
TECHNICAL
Added Representative Chassion as a co-sponsor alongside Representative Braud.
Updated the bill's purpose statement to clarify that the law amends and reenacts existing statutes regarding toll exemptions.
Reorganized the legislative text to use 'amended and reenacted' language instead of 'enacted' for the relevant statutes.
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2026 · House Apr 28, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 20, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules 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.
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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