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Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Session
- 2026
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Not supplied
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-02-27 00:00:00
Sponsors
- Jason Dewitt (primary), primary
Louisiana 2026
MTR VEHICLE/TRAILERS: Provides relative to the requirement that trailers have approved safety chains while being towed by certain vehicles
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Source-supplied history
Becomes Act No. 778 without the Governor's signature.
became-lawEffective date: 08/01/2026.
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolledReceived from the Senate without amendments.
receiptSent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receiptSigned by the President of the Senate.
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passageReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorableRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
reading-2, referral-committeeReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1Called from the calendar.
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passageCalled from the calendar.
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
Notice given.
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
Notice given.
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
Called from the calendar.
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
Notice given.
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2026.
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3Reported with amendments (14-0).
committee-passage-favorableRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
referral-committeePrefiled.
filingUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
referral-committeeFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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