---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Prohibits a commercial learner's permit or driver's license if not cleared by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Prohibits a commercial learner's permit or driver's license if not cleared by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "Louisiana HB 589 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Galle"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a53036e-0768-4eb1-a6d9-ed71055e083d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246347"
source_hash: "aa197377d58b18fa8007fe2fc4e97248f3503456d2c2e0801f227b32effbef23"
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 589 (2024) — MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Prohibits a commercial learner's permit or driver's license if not cleared by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

## Version chain

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

1. **HB589 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351868)
2. **HB589 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379559)
3. **HB589 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354282)
4. **HB589 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355946)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1154, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353968)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1203, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354189)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1374, Galle, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355363)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #784, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354459)
9. **HB589 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375887)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#924) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#33) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Galle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 226. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-21** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-20** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/19/2024.
- **2024-03-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a53036e-0768-4eb1-a6d9-ed71055e083d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).