---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for adding interest in bone marrow donorship to the list of options offered during application for renewal of a state-issued driver's license. (8/1/23)"
description: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for adding interest in bone marrow donorship to the list of options offered during application for renewal of a state-issued driver's license. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Louisiana SB 98 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Carter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dec661f-22ff-486a-9093-0a86d5e8176a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244277"
source_hash: "8e4ea5a7d693e3a44af1079d3c6c1ed5ce239bba43089a18e1c3c24c78ce8a6b"
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 98 (2023) — FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for adding interest in bone marrow donorship to the list of options offered during application for renewal of a state-issued driver's license. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB98 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308188)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2881, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321891)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2897, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321927)
4. **SB98 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329075)
5. **SB98 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313590)
6. **SB98 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316505)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #477, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311701)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #666, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313438)
9. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #930, Carter, Gary, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316018)
10. **SB98 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326802)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#712) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#125) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#519) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Carter — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Effective date 7/1/2024.
- **2023-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 42. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-05-30** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-05-26** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-26** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments. `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`
- **2023-03-30** 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/1dec661f-22ff-486a-9093-0a86d5e8176a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).