---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"Louisiana REALTORS\" special prestige license plate (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"Louisiana REALTORS\" special prestige license plate (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 317"
citation: "Louisiana HB 317 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frankie Howard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ec8af7-3bde-459b-a48d-3bb51d4075f4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236093"
source_hash: "495bf90c49c11f375874ffbdb328f3658b022029e93a9823eac37a74580f4c01"
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 (2019) — MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Louisiana REALTORS" special prestige license plate (EN SEE FISC NOTE 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=1120511)
2. **HB317 Act 72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142753)
3. **HB317 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124567)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1067, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124097)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1099, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124367)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1728, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132644)
7. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1943, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134214)
8. **HB317 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139451)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#22) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#400) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#639) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frankie Howard — primary (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (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. 72. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-20** 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. `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-14** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-13** Reported with amendments.
- **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, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, 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`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ec8af7-3bde-459b-a48d-3bb51d4075f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).