HB1173 • 2026

MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides with respect to installment agreements entered into through the Reinstatement Relief Program operated by the office of motor vehicles

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ed Murray
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 710
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide detailed specifics on how existing installment agreements will be affected by these changes.

Motor Vehicle Office Installment Agreements

This act modifies the rules for installment agreements related to outstanding fines, penalties, and fees owed to the Louisiana Motor Vehicles office.

What This Bill Does

Adds missed payments to the end of the payment schedule instead of canceling them when a person misses up to three scheduled payments in an installment agreement.
Imposes a $25 late fee for any fourth or subsequent missed payment.
Requires the Motor Vehicles office to send an email notification to update payment information and pay missed payments.
Specifies that people must make up missed payments, including late fees, before their next scheduled payment date to keep their installment agreement active.

Who It Names or Affects

People who have outstanding fines, penalties, or fees with the Louisiana Motor Vehicles office and are in the Reinstatement Relief Program.
The Office of Motor Vehicles which will manage these changes.

Terms To Know

Installment Agreement: A plan where a person pays back money owed to the motor vehicles office over time, usually in monthly payments.
Reinstatement Relief Program: A program run by the Louisiana Motor Vehicles office that helps people get their driving privileges back after they have been suspended due to unpaid fines or fees.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify what happens if a person is removed from the Reinstatement Relief Program.
It is unclear how this will affect people who are already in installment agreements when the new rules take effect on August 1, 2026.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

House Floor Amendment #4423 Murray Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB1173 4931 4423 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Murray to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB1173 4931 4423 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Murray to Engrossed House Bill No.
1173 by Representative Murray 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "R.S.
32:429.4(E)" and before "and" insert "and (F)(1)" 3 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-06-02 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-02 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 710.
2026-05-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-29 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-04-28 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-27 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-23 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
2026-04-22 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-21 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides with respect to installment agreements entered into through the Reinstatement Relief Program operated by the office of motor vehicles

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 7102026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1173
BY REPRESENTATIVES MURRAY AND CHASSION
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:429.4(E) and (F)(1) and 863.1.2(B), relative to the terms of
3 installment agreements for outstanding fines, penalties, and fees owed to the office
4 of motor vehicles; to extend the issuance of certain late fees for failure to make
5 timely payments; to provide for requirements before a person is removed from the
6 Reinstatement Relief Program; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:429.4(E) and (F)(1) and 863.1.2(B) are hereby amended and
9 reenacted to read as follows:
10 §429.4. Installment agreement; outstanding penalties, fines, and fees owed to the
11 office of motor vehicles
12 * * *
13 E. The failure to make a scheduled payment in accordance with the terms of
14 the installment agreement shall result in the missed scheduled payment being added
15 to the end of the payment schedule of the installment agreement and shall apply to
16 the first three missed payments. Upon a fourth, or any subsequent, missed payment
17 an assessment of a late fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars, which shall be added
18 to the total amount due. Upon the failure to receive a payment, the office of motor
19 vehicles shall send an electronic mail notification to the debtor to update the debtor's
20 payment information and pay the missed payment. If, after receiving the electronic
21 mail notice, the debtor updates the payment information, pays the late fee, and
22 submits the missed payment, the The installment agreement shall remain in place and
23 no further action will shall be taken until the fourth, and any subsequent, missed
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1 payment. In such case, the missed payment and late fee shall be received by the
2 office of motor vehicles prior to the next scheduled payment date.
3 F. Termination of installment agreement upon failure to make payment.
4 (1) If any installment payment is not paid on or before the date fixed for its
5 payment or rescheduled, and the debtor fails to make up the missed payment as
6 provided in Subsection E of this Section, the entire amount unpaid pursuant to the
7 installment agreement shall be paid by the debtor within a sixty-day period from the
8 date of notice and demand from the commissioner of the office of motor vehicles.
9 The notice shall further advise the debtor that his driver's license shall be suspended
10 upon the expiration of the sixty-day period if the payments due pursuant to the
11 installment agreement are not made current within that sixty-day period or the
12 agreement is not reinstated by the commissioner of the office of motor vehicles
13 within that sixty-day period. This notice shall be known as "Notice of Installment
14 Agreement Termination and Demand".
15 * * *
16 §863.1.2. Reinstatement Relief Program
17 * * *
18 B. The commissioner shall determine the amount of reinstatement fees that
19 the person owes. The person shall promptly pay the amount determined to be owed
20 no later than ten calendar days from the date that the commissioner sets the amount
21 that is owed. If the person needs to make payment arrangements, the person shall
22 execute an installment agreement with the office of motor vehicles. Such an
23 installment agreement shall only be for the amount determined to be owed by the
24 commissioner together with all fees associated with the installment agreement as
25 provided in R.S. 32:429.4. If a person executes an installment contract, that person
26 shall maintain eligibility to remain in the Reinstatement Relief Program only if they
27 make all payments required in the installment agreement. If a person fails to make
28 a timely payment and fails to pay the missed payment with the associated late fee
29 before the next scheduled payment meet the requirements of the installment
30 agreement pursuant to R.S. 32:429.4, the person shall be removed from the
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1 Reinstatement Relief Program and shall not be eligible to reenter the Reinstatement
2 Relief Program.
3 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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