republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-641.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates specialty license plates"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates specialty license plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 641"
citation: "Louisiana HB 641 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alonzo Knox"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1704bc3e-acbe-43f0-af7f-e95ec2c1ca31"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246447"
source_hash: "1623d01f79035e16ff3946c0d8498e098989f2c8f879a8be95ac930fb50439e1"
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 641 (2024) — MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates specialty license plates

## Version chain

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

1. **HB641 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352208)
2. **HB641 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381918)
3. **HB641 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354030)
4. **HB641 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355246)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1047, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353070)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1140, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353824)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1333, Beaullieu, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355157)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2306, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367996)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2308, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368004)
10. **HB641 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377550)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1172) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#17) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#607) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alonzo Knox — primary (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 439. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-24** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/18/2024.
- **2024-03-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12** 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/1704bc3e-acbe-43f0-af7f-e95ec2c1ca31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).