---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/TOWING: Provides with respect to towing and storage licenses and fines (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/TOWING: Provides with respect to towing and storage licenses and fines (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Louisiana HB 223 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Brass"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e7fec8-a5fe-41c3-9148-0165f7525340"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235951"
source_hash: "05de980a1250d6f8eb193f6bb79d508d6d1162e9d4e7065aa5046cba939f7a44"
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 223 (2019) — MTR VEHICLE/TOWING: Provides with respect to towing and storage licenses and fines (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB223 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119322)
2. **HB223 Act 103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143283)
3. **HB223 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128477)
4. **HB223 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132665)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1710, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128283)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2386, Brass, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132390)
7. **HB223 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139619)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#214) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#573) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ken Brass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 103. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **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 96, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was 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, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-29** Reported with amendments (11-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26e7fec8-a5fe-41c3-9148-0165f7525340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).