Louisiana2026Enacted
HB989
Changes to Fees for Public License Tag Agents
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This law raises the maximum fee that public license tag agents can charge for checking registration status and reinstating driving privileges.
What it does
- Increases the maximum convenience fee from $23.00 to $27.00 per transaction.
- Allows agents to collect this higher fee when providing information on registration privilege status.
- Permits agents to charge up to $27.00 for each reinstatement of driving or vehicle registration privileges revoked due to missing insurance proof.
Who it affects
- Public license tag agents who process vehicle registrations and titles.
- Drivers whose licenses were suspended for failing to show proof of car insurance.
- Consumers paying convenience charges at public license tag agent offices.
Limits and unknowns
- This law does not change the official government taxes, only the extra fee agents can charge.
- Agents must disclose these fees immediately before starting a transaction and post them in their office.
- The new rates take effect on August 1, 2026.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Convenience charge
- A fee collected by an agent in addition to the official government taxes and fees for handling a transaction.
- Reinstatement
- The process of restoring driving or vehicle registration privileges that were previously taken away due to missing insurance proof.
Official record
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Official summary
MOTOR VEHICLES: Modifies charges collected by public license tag agents
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 925 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
- Received from the Senate without amendments.H
- Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Reported favorably.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.S
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.S
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Called from the calendar.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.H
- Notice given.H
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.H
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.H
- Reported favorably (13-2).H