HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana Highways
HB 83 designates specific portions of Louisiana highways by adding "Jr." after "King" and "Memorial" after "Woods-Shareef" in official highway signage. The bill directly affects highway markers and official transportation documents in Louisiana. This is a purely naming bill with no substantive policy changes, as it only modifies existing highway designations. It does not create new laws or impact public services.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 17, 2025
Signed Jun 4, 2025
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What changed between versions
Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1651, Connick, Adopted
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HB83 Act 54
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MINOR
The bill was reorganized from a list of Senate amendments into a formal enrolled act. The substantive content remains a designation of specific highway segments and bridges in Louisiana for various individuals, with no changes to the scope, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria.
TECHNICAL
The document format changed from a set of Senate Floor Amendments to a complete Enrolled Act, incorporating the amendments into the main text.
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2025 · House Apr 24, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 20, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2025
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vincent Cox
RRepublican
Co
Tehmi Chassion
DDemocratic
Co
Troy Romero
RRepublican
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