SB 412 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 13 in Evangeline Parish as the "Roy Chaffin 'Bayou Boogie' Memorial Highway". (8/1/26)

This bill designates a specific stretch of Louisiana Highway 13 in Evangeline Parish as the "Roy Chaffin 'Bayou Boogie' Memorial Highway" to honor the late musician Roy Chaffin. The legislation requires the Department of Transportation and Development to install signs marking this designation, but only if local or private funds cover the material and installation costs, with a maximum limit of $750 per sign. The affected area runs from Louisiana Highway 10 to Louisiana Highway 167 in the Village of Turkey Creek. This measure does not change traffic rules or funding allocations but establishes a commemorative name for the roadway.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Mar 18, 2026 Signed May 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB412 Original → SB412 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized and enrolled into law, changing its status from a draft proposal to an approved act. The primary substantive change is a minor formatting correction where the quotation marks around 'Bayou Boogie' were standardized to single quotes. No new policy, funding, or eligibility criteria were added or removed.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged; it continues to designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 13 in Evangeline Parish as the 'Roy Chaffin Bayou Boogie Memorial Highway'.

TECHNICAL

Standardized punctuation by changing double quotation marks to single quotation marks around the phrase 'Bayou Boogie' in the bill text.

Added official signatures and approval stamps from the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor, indicating the bill has been enacted into law.

Removed draft metadata, including the 'Original' label, Senate Legislative Services digest, and summary sections that are not part of the final law.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2026 · House May 6, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Mar 31, 2026

D Democratic12

12 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

25 Yea 3

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Introduced

Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors