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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 679: MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides for a special identification card designation for citizens with traumatic brain injury

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 679 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides for a special identification card designation for citizens with traumatic brain injury. Primary sponsor: Lauren Ventrella (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2026): Becomes HB 1244.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lauren VentrellaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse65

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Becomes HB 1244.
  2. Reported by substitute (10-0).
  3. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
  4. Prefiled.
  5. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
  6. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source