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type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 679"
citation: "Louisiana HB 679 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Bayham"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-29"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8782d813-f7fd-4dca-9af9-248f3042816f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249003"
source_hash: "d7eb99f631adf63b7131e29576d399973804353cb177b777329bcefb4701e12c"
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 679 (2025) — MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB679 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409392)
2. **HB679 Act 302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425617)
3. **HB679 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409456)
4. **HB679 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412547)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2190, Bayham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411019)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3081, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422638)
7. **HB679 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423403)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#740) — **380** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1022) — **1020** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#257) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mike Bayham — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 302. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-06-03** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-06-01** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- **2025-05-29** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2025.
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 630 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (10-0).
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8782d813-f7fd-4dca-9af9-248f3042816f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).