The Louisiana House has approved a bill that would eliminate the inspection sticker requirement for most drivers. DeSoto Parish Representative Larry Bagley has been pushing this bill for a number of years, because he looks at the inspection sticker as an outdated burden for drivers.
“It’s probably one of the most hated things that we do. And at least, in my area, they ask me, “When are y’all going to get rid of those things?” Bagley said.
An inspection sticker costs $10 for one year or $18 for two years. For vehicle owners in the Baton Rouge area who do not drive an EV, it costs $18 a year because an emissions test is required. Revenue from inspection stickers goes to State Police and the Office of Motor Vehicles.
Instead of an inspection sticker, Bagley is proposing a QR code sticker that would cost $6.
“Once it’s passed, you won’t have to get another sticker until January of ’27. And they’re going to give you a period there where they will not give you a ticket for that,” Bagley explained.
The QR code would contain the VIN, the color, the make and model. The bill passed the House on an 86-7 vote. New Orleans Representative Aimee Freeman voted no and had concerns about the QR code.
“How do we know somebody else, nefarious, isn’t going to come up with a scanner and start going around neighborhoods and scanning people’s QR codes and re-registering cars? I’m just thinking of the bad actors here,” Freeman said.
Governor Landry supports the bill and said “great news” in an X post after the measure passed the House. It still needs Senate approval.
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