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HB874 • 2026

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

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

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Ed Murray
Last action
2026-06-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 850
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB874 4448 6231 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 874 2026 Regular Session Murray TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB874 4448 6231 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 874 2026 Regular Session Murray TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Authorizes rather than requires the coordination of the commissioner of administration with certain governing bodies of professions and occupations to implement the availability of digitalized credentials.
  • 2.
  • Requires each lender that originates more than 250 motor vehicle transactions per year to designate a public tag agent and requires the lender to interface its computer system for the purpose of receiving and transmitting electronic information from the office of motor vehicles.
Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB874 4573 3594 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Murray to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • HFAHB874 4573 3594 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Murray to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 874 by Representative Murray 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following: 3 "(d) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor 4 vehicles, for the inclusion of mobility impaired identification cards." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1699 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 874 BY MURRAY CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:26:04 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1699 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 874 BY MURRAY CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:26:04 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
  • Henry, D.
  • Hilferty Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB874 1221 4348 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Hodges to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB874 1221 4348 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Hodges to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 874 by Representative Murray 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" and before "R.S.
  • 39:17.2(A)" insert "R.S.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB874 4649 3958 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB874 4649 3958 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 874 by Representative Murray 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 13, after "administration" and before "coordinate" delete "shall" and insert 3 "may" Page 1 of 1
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB874 4649 3925 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB874 4649 3925 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 874 by Representative Murray 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 13, after "administration" and before "coordinate" delete "shall" and insert 3 "may" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-08 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-08 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 850.

  3. 2026-06-01 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-31 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

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

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 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.

  10. 2026-05-20 S

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

  11. 2026-05-19 S

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

  12. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported with amendments.

  13. 2026-04-15 S

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

  14. 2026-04-14 S

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

  15. 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.

  16. 2026-04-09 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

  17. 2026-04-08 H

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

  18. 2026-04-07 H

    Reported favorably (18-0).

  19. 2026-03-09 H

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

  20. 2026-02-27 H

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

  21. 2026-02-27 H

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

  22. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 8502026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 874
BY REPRESENTATIVE MURRAY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:707.2(C)(2) and R.S. 39:17.2(A), relative to digitized
3 credentials; to provide for the authority of the commissioner; to authorize the
4 commissioner to coordinate with the governing bodies of certain professions and
5 occupations for digitized credentials; to implement the availability of certain
6 credentials in digitized format for use in an electronic wallet; to modify the number
7 of motor vehicle transactions required to designate a public tag agent to interface its
8 computer system; and to provide for related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 32:707.2(C)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 §707.2. Electronic media system for lien recordation and title information; vehicle
12 titling and registration; participation requirements; fees; required bond;
13 confidentiality of information; rules and regulations
14 * * *
15 C.(1)
16 * * *
17 (2) Each federally insured depository institution that originates more than
18 two hundred fifty motor vehicle transactions per year, and each finance company,
19 lending institution, or other lender shall designate a public tag agent with which such
20 bank, finance company, lending institution, or other lender shall interface its
21 computer system for the purpose of receiving electronic confirmation from the
22 department, of the receipt and the filing of the security interest on the subject motor
23 vehicle. Each federally insured depository institution that originates more than two
24 hundred fifty motor vehicle transactions per year, and each finance company, lending
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HB NO. 874 ENROLLED
1 institution, or other lender shall also designate such public tag agent when
2 transmitting a release or satisfaction of its lien.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. R.S. 39:17.2(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
5 §17.2. Digitized credentials; authorization; implementation; validity
6 A.(1) Any credential authorized or required by the state may be made
7 available in digitized format on a program which a user can utilize through an
8 electronic wallet.
9 (2) The commissioner of administration may coordinate with the governing
10 bodies of the professions and occupations listed below to implement the availability
11 of digitized credentials:
12 (a) The Louisiana State Bar Association for the inclusion of bar membership
13 cards.
14 (b) The Louisiana High School Athletic Association for the inclusion of a
15 referee credential.
16 (c) Public and private universities and colleges in Louisiana for the inclusion
17 of faculty, staff, and student credentials.
18 (d) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
19 vehicles, for the inclusion of mobility impaired identification cards.
20 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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