---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides relative to special permits for the operation of vehicles issued by the Department of Transportation and Development. (8/1/19)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides relative to special permits for the operation of vehicles issued by the Department of Transportation and Development. (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Louisiana SB 163 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Page Cortez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bbdbbff-d552-4fda-b6eb-1baf7e923378"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236154"
source_hash: "8812ca7cf9c8c9cf7982f90d93cf39c76f4dffab308c573aeb38bcacd539b4f7"
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 SB 163 (2019) — TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides relative to special permits for the operation of vehicles issued by the Department of Transportation and Development. (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB163 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120983)
2. **SB163 Act 191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143898)
3. **SB163 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127611)
4. **SB163 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132274)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1371, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129568)
6. **SB163 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139947)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#718) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#278) — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Page Cortez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 191. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-07** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2019-04-30** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bbdbbff-d552-4fda-b6eb-1baf7e923378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).