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HB874 • 2026

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials (REF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials (REF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Ed Murray
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Adopted in House concurrence
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on the implementation timeline or user adoption rates.

Transportation Department: Electronic Credentials

This bill allows the Transportation Department to work with certain professional and occupational governing bodies to make specific credentials available in a digitized format that can be stored in an electronic wallet.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows any state-authorized or required credential to be made available in a digitized format on a program accessible through an electronic wallet.
  • Requires the commissioner of administration to coordinate with governing bodies of specific professions and occupations for implementing digitized credentials.
  • Includes bar membership cards from the Louisiana State Bar Association as digital credentials.
  • Adds referee credentials from the Louisiana High School Athletic Association as digital credentials.
  • Incorporates faculty, staff, and student credentials from public and private universities and colleges in Louisiana as digital credentials.
  • Includes mobility impaired identification cards issued by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The commissioner of administration
  • Professionals and occupational governing bodies listed in the bill
  • Users who can store digitized credentials in an electronic wallet

Terms To Know

Digitized credentials
Credentials that are available in a digital format, such as on a smartphone app or website.
Electronic wallet
A digital service where users can store and manage their digitized credentials securely.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when the new provisions will take effect.
  • It is unclear how many people or organizations will use these digitized credentials.
  • There are no details on what happens if someone loses access to their electronic wallet.

Amendments

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

Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes the requirement for lenders to designate a public tag agent only if they originate more than 250 motor vehicle transactions per year, instead of 25.

  • Changes the threshold from requiring lenders originating over 25 motor vehicle transactions annually to designate a public tag agent and interface their computer system with the Office of Motor Vehicles to those originating over 250 transactions.
  • The amendment text does not provide details on how the coordination between the commissioner of administration and governing bodies will be implemented, only that it is authorized.
  • It's unclear what specific changes this amendment would make beyond adjusting the threshold for lenders' requirements.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to HB874 that requires the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, to include mobility impaired identification cards.

  • Adds a new requirement for the inclusion of mobility impaired identification cards by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections' Office of Motor Vehicles.
  • The amendment text does not specify how or when these changes will be implemented, nor does it provide details on what constitutes 'mobility impaired identification cards'.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB 874 by House Vote on HB 874 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1699) is about agreeing with the Senate's changes regarding electronic credentials for transportation.

  • Agrees with the Senate amendments related to electronic credentials.
  • The official amendment text does not provide specific details on what the Senate amendments entail, making it hard to explain concrete changes.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds requirements for certain financial institutions and lenders to designate a public tag agent if they handle more than 250 motor vehicle transactions annually.

  • Adds language requiring federally insured depository institutions, finance companies, lending institutions, or other lenders that originate over 250 motor vehicle transactions per year to designate a public tag agent for interfacing their computer systems with the department's system.
  • Modifies the number of motor vehicle transactions required to designate a public tag agent.
  • The amendment text does not provide specific details on how these changes will be implemented or enforced, which may limit understanding of practical impacts.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the word 'shall' to 'may' in a section about how the Transportation Department coordinates electronic credentials.

  • Changes the wording from 'the department shall coordinate' to 'the department may coordinate'.
  • This change limits the requirement for the department to coordinate, making it optional instead.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment changes the word 'shall' to 'may' in a section about how the Transportation Department coordinates electronic credentials.

  • Changes the wording from 'the department shall coordinate' to 'the department may coordinate'.
  • The exact impact of this change is unclear without additional context.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  2. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  3. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  4. 2026-05-26 S

    Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  5. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  6. 2026-05-19 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  7. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported with amendments.

  8. 2026-04-15 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  9. 2026-04-14 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  10. 2026-04-13 H

    Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  11. 2026-04-09 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

  12. 2026-04-08 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  13. 2026-04-07 H

    Reported favorably (18-0).

  14. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  15. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  16. 2026-02-27 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  17. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials (REF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-1175 REENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 874
BY REPRESENTATIVE MURRAY
TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 39:17.2(A), relative to digitized credentials; to provide for the
3 authority of the commissioner; to authorize the commissioner to coordinate with the
4 governing bodies of certain professions and occupations for digitized credentials; to
5 implement the availability of certain credentials in digitized format for use in an
6 electronic wallet; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 39:17.2(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §17.2. Digitized credentials; authorization; implementation; validity
10 A.(1) Any credential authorized or required by the state may be made
11 available in digitized format on a program which a user can utilize through an
12 electronic wallet.
13 (2) The commissioner of administration shall coordinate with the governing
14 bodies of the professions and occupations listed below to implement the availability
15 of digitized credentials:
16 (a) The Louisiana State Bar Association for the inclusion of bar membership
17 cards.
18 (b) The Louisiana High School Athletic Association for the inclusion of a
19 referee credential.
20 (c) Public and private universities and colleges in Louisiana for the inclusion
21 of faculty, staff, and student credentials.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-1175 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 874
1 (d) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
2 vehicles, for the inclusion of mobility impaired identification cards.
3 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 874 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Murray
Abstract: Authorizes the commissioner of administration to coordinate with the governing
bodies of certain state entities and associations for inclusion of their respective
credentials in LA Wallet.
Present law authorizes any credential that is authorized or required by the state to be made
available in digitized format on a program accessible through an electronic wallet.
Proposed law retains present law and requires the commissioner of administration to
coordinate with the governing bodies of the following professions and occupations to
implement digitized credentials:
(1) The La. State Bar Assoc. for the inclusion of bar membership cards.
(2) The La. High School Athletic Assoc. for the inclusion of a referee credential.
(3) Public and private universities and colleges in La. for the inclusion of faculty, staff,
and student credentials.
(4) The Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, for the
inclusion of mobility impaired identification cards.
(Amends R.S. 39:17.2(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Adds the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles,
for the inclusion of mobility impaired identification cards.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.