---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOTOR VEHICLES: Creates the \"Maddie's Footprints\" special prestige license plate. (8/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "MOTOR VEHICLES: Creates the \"Maddie's Footprints\" special prestige license plate. (8/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Louisiana SB 84 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Page Cortez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-25"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/093c7293-f89f-465f-8ac0-52be2f321bef"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241797"
source_hash: "62233eb9ae31a83da670542a630ec95ab20e20abd1a1e1ebbdb5bfbc9a371b3b"
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 84 (2022) — MOTOR VEHICLES: Creates the "Maddie's Footprints" special prestige license plate. (8/1/22) (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. **SB84 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251082)
2. **SB84 Act 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1279840)
3. **SB84 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261875)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #729, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1260492)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #944, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261750)
6. **SB84 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1277861)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#750) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#87) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Page Cortez — primary (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-13** Effective date 8/1/2022.
- **2022-05-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-11** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2022.
- **2022-04-28** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-04-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-04-26** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-03-29** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-23** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-03-14** 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`
- **2022-02-25** 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/093c7293-f89f-465f-8ac0-52be2f321bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).