HB685 • 2026

PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides with respect to the procurement of public motor vehicles and rolling stock (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Shaun Mena
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how this act will streamline the procurement process or mention any penalties for non-compliance.

Public Motor Vehicle Procurement Act

This act allows Louisiana state and local entities to use the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) for procuring public motor vehicles and rolling stock.

What This Bill Does

Allows Louisiana state and local governments to use the FAST Act methods when buying public motor vehicles and rolling stock.
Provides an exception to the requirement of using the Louisiana Uniform Bid Form for these purchases.

Who It Names or Affects

Louisiana state government
Local municipalities in Louisiana

Terms To Know

FAST Act: The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, a federal law that provides long-term funding for transportation infrastructure.
Rolling stock: Railway vehicles such as trains and buses.

Limits and Unknowns

It is not clear what the impact of this act will be on existing procurement processes.
The bill does not specify when it becomes effective or if there are any penalties for non-compliance.

Bill History

2026-05-26 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-25 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-25 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-25 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-21 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-11 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-14 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-04-13 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-13 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-09 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
2026-04-08 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-07 H
Reported favorably (13-1).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-27 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-02-27 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides with respect to the procurement of public motor vehicles and rolling stock (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 685
BY REPRESENTATIVE MENA
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 38:2212.11, relative to the procurement of public motor vehicles and rolling
3 stock; to provide for an exception to the Louisiana Uniform Bid requirement; to
4 authorize the utilization of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act in the
5 procurement process; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 38:2212.11 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §2212.11. Procurement of public motor vehicles; rolling stock and related
9 equipment procurement; Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
10 A. The Louisiana legislature finds that the procurement of public motor
11 vehicles and rolling stock is an unnecessarily lengthy process. Current federal law,
12 the Fixing American's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), provides for long-
13 term funding certainty for surface transportation infrastructure planning and
14 investment and reestablished a Bus Discretionary Program to allow states to apply
15 for project-specific funding through cooperative purchases. In utilizing the FAST
16 Act, it has allowed for many state and local governments to streamline critical
17 transportation projects. At this time, Louisiana entities are barred from utilizing the
18 FAST Act based on the required use of the Louisiana Uniform Bid Form within R.S.
19 38:2212.
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HB NO. 685 ENROLLED
1 B. In addition to the procurement methods available to all political
2 subdivisions, the state of Louisiana and any local municipality, parish, or other
3 subdivision of the state may procure public motor vehicles and rolling stock and
4 related equipment using the methods approved by and in compliance with Section
5 3019 of the Public Law 114-94 (the FAST Act).
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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