HB1213

Provides with respect to loads on vehicles

Introduced·3/31/26
Ment Text

Louisiana HB1213 regulates vehicle loads to prevent escape, exempts certain vehicles, and sets penalties for violations.

Louisiana HB1213 amends vehicle load regulations to prohibit vehicles from traveling on highways unless they are constructed and loaded to prevent contents from escaping. It mandates that vehicles have no openings allowing material escape and that closures be secured. The bill exempts authorized maintenance vehicles during emergencies or weather operations and vehicles that drop incidental agricultural or sugarcane harvest residue that does not create a hazard.

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Where it stands

Current
Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

Apr 1

House

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Mar 31

House

Read by title. Lies over under the rules.