TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Ed Murray

HB 874 expands LA Wallet to digitize more official credentials, including bar membership, referee credentials, college credentials, and mobility-impaired IDs through partnerships w

Effective date: 08/01/2026.

Purpose and Intent

HB 874 authorizes and directs the Commissioner of Administration to coordinate with various state bodies and associations to include their credentials in LA Wallet (Louisiana’s electronic wallet for digital credentials).

The bill builds on existing authority that allows state-authorized credentials to be digitized and accessible via an electronic wallet.

Key Provisions and Changes

The Commissioner of Administration will coordinate with:

The Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) for the inclusion of bar membership cards.
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) for the inclusion of a referee credential.
Public and private colleges and universities in Louisiana for the inclusion of faculty, staff, and student credentials.

An amendment added by the House Floor Amendments expands these coordination duties to include the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Office of Motor Vehicles) for the inclusion of mobility impaired identification cards.

The bill retains the existing framework that allows any statutorily authorized credential to be digitized and made available through LA Wallet.

Who/What Would Be Affected

Professionals and members whose credentials would be digitized:

Bar membership cards (LSBA).
Referee credentials (LHSAA).
Faculty, staff, and student credentials (public and private colleges/universities in Louisiana).

Mobility-impaired identification cards would be included as a digitized credential managed by the DMV (Office of Motor Vehicles) of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Overall impact: expansion of LA Wallet’s scope to house a wider array of official credentials, potentially reducing the need for physical cards and enabling easier verification.

Procedural and Timeline Aspects

The bill assigns the responsibility to the Commissioner of Administration to coordinate with the listed organizations and entities to implement these digitized credentials in LA Wallet.

Amended during the floor process to add the DMV, Office of Motor Vehicles, as a partner for mobility-impaired identification cards.

R.S. 39:17.2(A) would be amended to reflect these additions to the list of credentialing bodies/entities.

Legislative history indicates passage through committees and the House with a favorable report and subsequent advancement toward the Senate, with amendments included in the engrossed/reengrossed versions.

Practical Considerations

Implementation will depend on establishing interoperability and secure verification mechanisms for the digitized credentials.

Stakeholders include legal professionals, collegiate associations, universities, students, faculty and staff, athletic officials, and mobility-impaired individuals who rely on accessible ID verification.

The measure aligns with broader efforts to digitize official credentials and streamline identity verification through a single electronic platform.

If you’d like, I can provide a side-by-side comparison of current law vs. what HB 874 would add, or a brief impact assessment for specific stakeholder groups.

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