This amendment pauses a specific road usage fee for certain hybrid cars until August 2027, changes how the motor vehicle office handles emergency suspensions to include diving records, and removes broad powers that would have let officials cancel any debt.
Louisiana2026Enacted
HB732
Temporary Waivers for Vehicle Fees and Hybrid Road Usage
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This law allows the Office of Motor Vehicles to temporarily pause fines, fees, penalties, or license suspensions for up to thirty days if a person needs immediate access to life-sustaining medicine or treatment, and it stops collecting road usage fees on non-plug-in hybrid vehicles until August 1, 2027.
What it does
- Gives the commissioner emergency power to temporarily suspend fines, fees, penalties, or license suspensions for up to thirty days when necessary for immediate access to life-sustaining medicine or medical treatment.
- Requires people to provide documentation from a licensed physician, hospital, hospice, or home health provider verifying that their condition is life-threatening.
- Suspends the road usage fee on non-plug-in hybrid vehicles until August 1, 2027.
- States that failing to pay this suspended hybrid fee will not be treated as debt for collection purposes.
Who it affects
- Drivers who owe money or have license suspensions and need immediate access to life-sustaining medicine or medical treatment due to a life-threatening condition.
- Owners of non-plug-in hybrid vehicles in Louisiana.
- The commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles.
Limits and unknowns
- The emergency waiver for medical reasons lasts no longer than thirty days.
- People must provide official documentation from a licensed health provider to get the waiver.
- This law becomes effective on June 25, 2026.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Commissioner
- The head official of the Office of Motor Vehicles who can approve these waivers or their designee.
- Non-plug-in hybrid vehicle
- A type of car subject to a suspended road usage fee under this law until August 1, 2027.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides for a temporary waiver of fees for final delinquent debt based on special circumstances (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 06/25/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 966 without the Governor's signature.H
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
- Signed by the President of the Senate.S
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
- Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.H
- Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.S
- Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.S
- Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 2. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.H
- Conference committee report received.S
- Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.H
- Notice of Senate conferees appointed.H
- Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.S
- Senate conference committee members appointed: Reese, Foil, and Luneau.S
- House conferees appointed: Owen, Bourriaque, and Freiberg.H
- Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.S
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
Changes
Amendments
9 stored
Filed 7
Filed 8
This amendment changes how a state official can temporarily stop or remove fees and penalties for people who owe money on their vehicle registration due to special circumstances.
This amendment records that the House voted to reject all changes proposed by the Senate for bill HB 732.
This amendment clarifies that a temporary fee waiver applies specifically to Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicles (MHEV) and 48-volt hybrid car models.
This amendment changes a bill about vehicle and office fees by replacing the word 'waive' with 'suspend,' removing two lines from page one, and renumbering a list item on page two.
This amendment adds a new rule that temporarily stops the road usage fee for hybrid vehicles until August 1, 2027.
This amendment adds a temporary pause on the road usage fee for hybrid vehicles until August 1, 2027.