HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to the Department of Transportation and Development's authority over high-occupancy vehicle lanes on state highways (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced May 4, 2021
Signed Jun 14, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2021 · House Jun 8, 2021
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 6, 2021
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jun 14, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 357.
lower
Jun 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
lower
Jun 7, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 2, 2021
Committee
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 19, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
upper
May 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 636 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (12-0).
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vincent J. Pierre
DDemocratic
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