RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
HB 349 2021 Regular Session Edmonston
Present law requires that a state identification card include, upon request, the card holder's
blood type on the back of the special identification card. Present law prohibits action by any
private citizen, public officer, or employee to create a warranty of the reliability or accuracy
of the document or electronic image or create any liability on the part of the state,
department, office, agency of the state, state officer, state employee, or agent of the state.
Proposed law would have added a provision that prohibited the Dept. of Public Safety and
Corrections, office of motor vehicles (OMV), from making the issuance, renewal, or
revocation of a state-issued driver's license or identification card contingent on vaccination
verification or immunity status. Proposed law would have prohibited the OMV from
including any vaccination verification or immunity status information on a state-issued
driver's license or identification card.
(Adds R.S. 32:411.2 and R.S. 40:1321(N)(3) and (4))
VETO MESSAGE: "This bill is one of three bills passed by the legislature involving
COVID-19 vaccines. I am vetoing this bill for many of the same reasons that I vetoed House
Bill 498. These bills contribute to the false narrative that the COVID-19 vaccines are
anything other than safe and incredibly effective. House Bill 349 is not necessary and does
nothing to protect the health and safety of the public."