---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL: Provides relative to certain commercial driver's license applicants (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL: Provides relative to certain commercial driver's license applicants (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Louisiana HB 221 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vincent J. Pierre"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-25"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee01492c-da0c-4dac-837a-9a1167b96b80"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240063"
source_hash: "51062e0b2c9b10c4b98709f52cff3f517d5324933dea6998f6644f74832ad258"
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 221 (2021) — MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL: Provides relative to certain commercial driver's license applicants (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. **HB221 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1206993)
2. **HB221 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235451)
3. **HB221 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215933)
4. **HB221 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217564)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1633, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217083)
6. **HB221 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233059)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#63) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#957) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vincent J. Pierre — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 261. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-06-04** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-05-12** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-11** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-04-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/26/2021.
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably (13-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/26/2021.
- **2021-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee01492c-da0c-4dac-837a-9a1167b96b80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).