---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for placement of a special identification sticker or decal on a motor vehicle operated by a person with autism spectrum disorder or their guardian"
description: "MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for placement of a special identification sticker or decal on a motor vehicle operated by a person with autism spectrum disorder or their guardian"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 516"
citation: "Louisiana HB 516 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/371831c0-b3fe-4633-a84e-c3f953c03b10"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244483"
source_hash: "88dc0b1178845d999ee3164c9609a9f411438b90c9281870d7a62f6cd5c325bc"
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 516 (2023) — MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for placement of a special identification sticker or decal on a motor vehicle operated by a person with autism spectrum disorder or their guardian

## Version chain

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

1. **HB516 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309479)
2. **HB516 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332143)
3. **HB516 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311662)
4. **HB516 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315884)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1113, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311456)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1118, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311497)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1130, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311572)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #1730, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315257)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #1800, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315767)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #1596, Kerner, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314564)
11. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #494, Horton, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311893)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1846, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323094)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1933, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323679)
14. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2077, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324785)
15. **HB516 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328416)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#524) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#797) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#212) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 172. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2023.
- **2023-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-18** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/2023.
- **2023-04-26** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Reported with amendments (10-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2023-04-13** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/371831c0-b3fe-4633-a84e-c3f953c03b10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).