---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"War of 1812\" specialty license plate"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"War of 1812\" specialty license plate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Louisiana HB 68 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Polly Thomas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71a4b9e5-4060-4c08-91c8-005b12a0ef18"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235703"
source_hash: "e241c7584555ed4d8ef5e60df284e9b107b1e38443cf4785ebdbe29f998b950f"
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 68 (2019) — MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "War of 1812" specialty license plate

## Version chain

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

1. **HB68 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1115176)
2. **HB68 Act 65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142744)
3. **HB68 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124554)
4. **HB68 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126060)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1063, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124093)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1096, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124363)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1298, Thomas, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125845)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1723, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132589)
9. **HB68 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139245)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#635) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#395) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#14) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Polly Thomas — 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. 65. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, 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** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, 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 (13-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/15/2019.
- **2019-03-14** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71a4b9e5-4060-4c08-91c8-005b12a0ef18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).