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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TRANSPORTATION: Establishes a driver's license designation for a person with autism spectrum disorder (EN +$75,000 GF EX See Note)"
+description: "TRANSPORTATION: Establishes a driver's license designation for a person with autism spectrum disorder (EN +$75,000 GF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 317"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 317 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Francis C. Thompson"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-26"
+last_action: "2020-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65531e9f-11e4-4fdb-a139-03ab5b5e47bd"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237910"
+source_hash: "678b2ae8e792aba87f55119ba1622e10e6e0d75e598353c05a5e80af0d86c433"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 317 (2020) — TRANSPORTATION: Establishes a driver's license designation for a person with autism spectrum disorder (EN +$75,000 GF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB317 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1161061)
+2. **HB317 Act 137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181446)
+3. **HB317 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171205)
+4. **HB317 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174668)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #1663, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170666)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #1760, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171139)
+7. **House Floor Amendment, #2249, Thompson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174010)
+8. **HB317 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177627)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#523) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 317 BY THOMPSON (#217) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- CO-AUTHORS (#524) — **22–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Francis C. Thompson — primary (person)
+- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
+- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
+- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
+- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
+- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
+- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
+- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
+- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
+- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
+- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
+- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
+- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
+- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
+- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
+- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
+- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
+- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
+- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
+- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
+- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-09** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
+- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 137. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2020-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate without amendments.
+- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2020-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2020-05-28** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2020-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-20** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+- **2020-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/20.
+- **2020-05-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2020-05-13** Reported with amendments (14-0).
+- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65531e9f-11e4-4fdb-a139-03ab5b5e47bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+