---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS: Provides relative to an annual automatic adjustment to a fee for motor vehicle dealers based on the Consumer Price Index (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS: Provides relative to an annual automatic adjustment to a fee for motor vehicle dealers based on the Consumer Price Index (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "Louisiana HB 476 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Fontenot"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a9f3b7-15c3-4fa5-8cff-b71c69ec0e93"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248508"
source_hash: "72b76c29cfefebea862e29bf01709f229b6f930bdb2c6bd005b0dc3294ecb2d9"
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 476 (2025) — MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS: Provides relative to an annual automatic adjustment to a fee for motor vehicle dealers based on the Consumer Price Index (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB476 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403985)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4073, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421952)
3. **HB476 Act 502** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427694)
4. **HB476 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409104)
5. **HB476 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411988)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1824, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408962)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2226, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411232)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1905, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416948)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2070, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416949)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2473, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419491)
11. **HB476 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424842)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#818) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#224) — **81–12** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1207) — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#541) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#946) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Fontenot — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Effective date: 07/04/2025.
- **2025-07-01** Becomes Act No. 502 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-13** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-11** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 87, nays 1. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2025-06-11** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-06-11** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-06-10** Conference committee report received.
- **2025-06-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/11/2025.
- **2025-06-10** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2025-06-09** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2025-06-09** Senate conference committee members appointed: Abraham, Mizell, and Price.
- **2025-06-04** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2025-06-04** House conferees appointed: Fontenot, Bourriaque, and Hebert.
- **2025-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-02** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 81, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
- **2025-04-29** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Reported with amendments (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97a9f3b7-15c3-4fa5-8cff-b71c69ec0e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).