republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-683.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Requires the office of motor vehicles to process reinstatements in person at all field locations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)"
description: "MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Requires the office of motor vehicles to process reinstatements in person at all field locations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 683"
citation: "Louisiana HB 683 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Owen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71a3f2bc-f503-4dae-8f34-38c15f8a02ad"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246495"
source_hash: "dfd8dea2bd49d23ff7a8f7e0368fd2e333d2f0ee9a7e524bd24f302e2ada5b12"
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 683 (2024) — MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Requires the office of motor vehicles to process reinstatements in person at all field locations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB683 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352429)
2. **HB683 Act 629** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382358)
3. **HB683 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356490)
4. **HB683 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358596)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1434, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355864)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1463, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356117)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1693, Owen, Charles, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357373)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1799, Owen, Charles, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358099)
9. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3598, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374692)
10. **HB683 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379873)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1507) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#117) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#990) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#991) — **11–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Owen — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Allain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — 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)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 6/11/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 629. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** 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`
- **2024-05-15** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-13** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-03-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2024.
- **2024-03-25** Notice given.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-03-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2024.
- **2024-03-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Reported with amendments (12-0). `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/71a3f2bc-f503-4dae-8f34-38c15f8a02ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).