Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana HB888: MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Provides for the regulations of temporary dealers plates
Status: Signed into law, June 1, 2026
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 47:473(H) and 520(B), (E), and (F) and to enact R.S. 47:519(P), 520(G) through (I), and 521(D), relative to certain requirements for the design, authentication, and regulation of plates; to provide for dealer inventory plates requirements; to provide for security features and design of temporary registration plates; to provide for placement of temporary registration plates; to provide for rule promulgation of temporary registration plates to prevent counterfeiting; and to provide for related matters.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:473(H) and 520(B), (E), and (F) and to enact R.S. 47:519(P), 520(G) through (I), and 521(D), relative to certain requirements for the design, authentication, and regulation of plates; to provide for dealer inventory plates requirements; to provide for security features and design of temporary registration plates; to provide for placement of temporary registration plates; to provide for rule promulgation of temporary registration plates to prevent counterfeiting; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 47:473(H) and 520(B), (E), and (F) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 47:519(P), 520(G) through (I) and 521(D) are hereby enacted to read as follows: §473. Dealer inventory plates * * * H.(1) Dealers may allow authorized employees of educational institutions or licensed sales representatives of the dealer, or both, to use, for any purpose, a motor vehicle to which the dealer has attached a dealer inventory plate, provided the arrangement does not constitute renting or leasing the vehicle to the employee or sales representative. Renting or leasing does not include those transactions where a dealer-provided automobile is treated as a taxable fringe benefit to the licensed Page 1 of CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. HLS 26RS-1095 ORIGINAL HB …
Sponsors
- (R, 6) · primary sponsor