BATON ROUGE, LA- During his most recent Diner Days podcast, Governor Jeff Landry announced that the Office of Technology Services and the Office of Motor Vehicles chose a new software vendor, CHAMP, to modernize driver’s license renewals and vehicle registration services in Louisiana. CHAMP replaces legacy systems and provides secure, cloud-based software to government agencies (specifically motor vehicles). CHAMP overcomes ubiquitous DMV problems like excessive processing times, vulnerability of fraud and forgery, manual entry errors and verification delays. Most importantly, CHAMP reduces customer wait times at DMV/OMV field offices. 

“This is a big win for Louisiana taxpayers and for everyone who’s ever waited too long to get a driver’s license. By choosing CHAMP, we’re cutting costs, cutting wait times, and cutting out inefficiencies that have plagued this system for decades. After many fits and starts, OMV is finally taking Louisiana into the 21st-century—and we’re doing it smarter, faster, and more cost efficient,” said Gov. Landry. 

Background: 

CHAMP was founded in 2018. They were selected by West Virginia in 2021 to handle the state’s vehicle title and registration. In 2023 CHAMP was chosen by Kentucky to handle their vehicle titles and liens. New Jersey onboarded CHAMP to provide similar services in 2024. Illinois was the most recent state to implement CHAMP.

CHAMP is based on a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. This model simplifies title management with a digital system of record, uses automation to verify and validate vehicle and title information, and utilizes AI to prevent fraud.

The agreement between Louisiana and CHAMP will cost the State of Louisiana $54 million over a 6 year term, and will take two years to complete. 

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