---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"Spanish Heritage\" specialty license plate"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the \"Spanish Heritage\" specialty license plate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Louisiana HB 309 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Leopold"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eeb0678-f71b-40bd-9242-f6d7ff4958e7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236085"
source_hash: "9964373624db22f09e91a18897d49e6744ab68afaab7c5e7d692b5434adc41ff"
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 309 (2019) — MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Spanish Heritage" specialty license plate

## Version chain

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

1. **HB309 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120508)
2. **HB309 Act 213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144075)
3. **HB309 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124982)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1066, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124096)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1180, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124914)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1729, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132676)
7. **HB309 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140275)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#45) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#762) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#493) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Leopold — primary (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (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. 213. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/19.
- **2019-04-17** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-16** Reported with amendments (18-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eeb0678-f71b-40bd-9242-f6d7ff4958e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).