---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"Combat Veteran\" military honor plate"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"Combat Veteran\" military honor plate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 232"
citation: "Louisiana HB 232 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Turner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e333b40-6095-4a80-92a0-8bf19340a52b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235960"
source_hash: "03fe687936d1449429ee096c3e5a130847085aa3822be63db11a04affa59ffb3"
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 232 (2019) — MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Combat Veteran" military honor plate

## Version chain

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

1. **HB232 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119333)
2. **HB232 Act 71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142751)
3. **HB232 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124565)
4. **HB232 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126112)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1065, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124095)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1098, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124366)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1302, Turner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125863)
8. **HB232 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138421)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#490) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 71. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/19.
- **2019-04-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-15** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e333b40-6095-4a80-92a0-8bf19340a52b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).