---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS: Provides relative to safety belt use in certain vehicles"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS: Provides relative to safety belt use in certain vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Louisiana HB 181 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Brass"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa78fcd3-6640-4112-8192-c87fde242e10"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235884"
source_hash: "a3a288e2f111fa76fb6e22fc91e91b96b7a80d3e52913c8d2271ba6339d6e496"
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 181 (2019) — MTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS: Provides relative to safety belt use in certain vehicles

## Version chain

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

1. **HB181 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118668)
2. **HB181 Act 208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144070)
3. **HB181 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128292)
4. **HB181 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132656)
5. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1238, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128839)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2417, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137515)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3170, Luneau, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140840)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3365, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142250)
9. **HB181 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143064)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#212) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#964) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 vote (#950) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2417 BY HEWITT, HB 181 BY BRASS (#748) — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#949) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#993) — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ken Brass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 208. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-04** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-06-04** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** By a vote of 101 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-04** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-01** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/19.
- **2019-04-30** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa78fcd3-6640-4112-8192-c87fde242e10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).