---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Exempts certain persons who sell trolling motors from licensing requirements. (8/1/23) (EN -$26,225 SG RV See Note)"
description: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Exempts certain persons who sell trolling motors from licensing requirements. (8/1/23) (EN -$26,225 SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Louisiana SB 43 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Bouie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/755c946f-1d87-43c6-95f0-c6499c42118a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244005"
source_hash: "9b8a6b70587fa952bb2969bf7c185ea69651d14e06409c12103079ffc8ff0b6d"
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 43 (2023) — FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Exempts certain persons who sell trolling motors from licensing requirements. (8/1/23) (EN -$26,225 SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB43 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1304888)
2. **SB43 Act 188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332170)
3. **SB43 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321342)
4. **SB43 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328797)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#330) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#872) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph Bouie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 188. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-05** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-04** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2023.
- **2023-05-24** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-22** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** 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`
- **2023-03-23** 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/755c946f-1d87-43c6-95f0-c6499c42118a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).