BRIDGES/FERRIES: Renames the Robinson Canal Bridge to the Lapeyrouse Bridge
This bill redesignates the Robinson Canal Bridge in Chauvin, Louisiana, as the Lapeyrouse Bridge. It requires the state Department of Transportation and Development to install new signs with the updated name, provided local or private funding covers the costs up to a limit of $550 per sign. The legislation directly affects the specific bridge on Louisiana Highway 56 and the department responsible for highway signage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 27, 2024
Signed May 22, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 8, 2024 · House Apr 15, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
May 8, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jessica Domangue
RRepublican
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