---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Changes requirements for Class \"E\" temporary instructional permits"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Changes requirements for Class \"E\" temporary instructional permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "Louisiana HB 157 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Stagni"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71732d04-4234-4d00-b1bb-ab1e36d1a0d6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235835"
source_hash: "bd835b9c60ba187b7e3a6fe25f16ec545a76baf4f4e47dff7ed250d7fac79851"
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 157 (2019) — MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Changes requirements for Class "E" temporary instructional permits

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB157 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118038)
2. **HB157 Act 295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144225)
3. **HB157 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128962)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2795, Martiny, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139206)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2858, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139431)
6. **HB157 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142188)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#221) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#747) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#880) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Stagni — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 295. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 103, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/19.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71732d04-4234-4d00-b1bb-ab1e36d1a0d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).