---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides relative to certain motor vehicle transactions (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides relative to certain motor vehicle transactions (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 638"
citation: "Louisiana HB 638 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie Hilferty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9bb566-039c-4d01-976f-18f859ae7114"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240633"
source_hash: "a7b95bdc849375adbb3e0d6da6212b132f3c896e18a17667ef1526940d89155c"
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 638 (2021) — MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides relative to certain motor vehicle transactions (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB638 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212338)
2. **HB638 Act 335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235664)
3. **HB638 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215877)
4. **HB638 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220232)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1580, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216631)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2105, Hilferty, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219962)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #890, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216275)
8. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3243, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231143)
9. **HB638 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233634)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#175) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1136) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#906) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephanie Hilferty — primary (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (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. 335. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/2021.
- **2021-04-26** Notice given.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **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`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b9bb566-039c-4d01-976f-18f859ae7114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).