LA HB401 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 401

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 9 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-06-09 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge"

Title

Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge"

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Wright [R]	Rep. Beryl Amedee [R]	Rep. Tony Bacala [R]	Rep. Dennis Bamburg [R]
Rep. Beau Beaullieu [R]	Rep. Stephanie Berault [R]	Rep. Beth Billings [R]	Rep. Doyle Boudreaux [R]
Rep. Ryan Bourriaque [R]	Rep. Delisha Boyd [D]	Rep. Chad Boyer [R]	Rep. Ken Brass [D]
Rep. Jacob Braud [R]	Rep. Reese Broussard [R]	Rep. Marcus Bryant [D]	Rep. Rhonda Butler [R]
Rep. Josh Carlson [R]	Rep. Kim Carver [R]	Rep. Tehmi Chassion [D]	Rep. Emily Chenevert [R]
Rep. Kimberly Coates [R]	Rep. Vincent Cox [R]	Rep. Daryl Deshotel [R]	Rep. Phillip DeVillier [R]
Rep. Kellee Dickerson [R]	Rep. Jessica Domangue [R]	Rep. Michael Echols [R]	Rep. Kathy Edmonston [R]
Rep. Peter Egan [R]	Rep. Gabe Firment [R]	Rep. Foy Gadberry [R]	Rep. Jay Galle [R]
Rep. Brian Glorioso [R]	Rep. Kyle Green [D]	Rep. Troy Hebert [R]	Rep. Dana Henry [D]
Rep. Stephanie Hilferty [R]	Rep. Dodie Horton [R]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R]	Rep. Alonzo Knox [D]
Rep. Vanessa Caston Lafleur [D]	Rep. Jacob Landry [R]	Rep. Rodney Lyons [D]	Rep. Danny McCormick [R]
Rep. Jack McFarland [R]	Rep. Wayne McMahen [R]	Rep. Dixon McMakin [R]	Rep. Ed Murray [D]
Rep. Nicholas Muscarello [R]	Rep. Candace Newell [D]	Rep. Charles Owen [R]	Rep. Neil Riser [R]
Rep. Paul Sawyer [R]	Rep. Laurie Schlegel [R]	Rep. Vincent St. Blanc [R]	Rep. Joseph Stagni [R]
Rep. Sylvia Taylor [D]	Rep. Christopher Turner [R]	Rep. Debbie Villio [R]	Rep. Roger Wilder [R]
Rep. Jeff Wiley [R]	Rep. John Wyble [R]	Rep. Jerome Zeringue [R]	Sen. Mark Abraham [R]
Sen. Robert Allain [R]	Sen. Regina Barrow [D]	Sen. Sidney Barthelemy [D]	Sen. Adam Bass [R]
Sen. Gerald Boudreaux [D]	Sen. Gary Carter [D]	Sen. Stewart Cathey [R]	Sen. Heather Cloud [R]
Sen. Patrick Connick [R]	Sen. Royce Duplessis [D]	Sen. Rick Edmonds [R]	Sen. Michael Fesi [R]
Sen. Franklin Foil [R]	Sen. Jimmy Harris [D]	Sen. Cameron Henry [R]	Sen. Bob Hensgens [R]
Sen. Valarie Hodges [R]	Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews [D]	Sen. Samuel Jenkins [D]	Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter [R]
Sen. Eddie Lambert [R]	Sen. W. Jay Luneau [D]	Sen. Patrick McMath [R]	Sen. Blake Miguez [R]
Sen. Gregory Miller [R]	Sen. Beth Mizell [R]	Sen. John Morris [R]	Sen. Brach Myers [R]
Sen. Robert Owen [R]	Sen. Thomas Pressly [R]	Sen. Edward Price [D]	Sen. Mike Reese [R]
Sen. Alan Seabaugh [R]	Sen. Jeremy Stine [R]	Sen. Kirk Talbot [R]	Sen. William Wheat [R]
Sen. Glen Womack [R]

Roll Calls

2026-05-25 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 401 CO-AUTHORS (#1221) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-05-25 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 401 FINAL PASSAGE (#1220) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-15 - House - House Vote on HB 401 FINAL PASSAGE (#531) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-09	House	Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-09	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 800.
2026-05-27	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-26	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-26	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26	House	Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-25	Senate	Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-20	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19	Senate	Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18	Senate	Reported favorably.
2026-04-21	Senate	Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-04-20	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-15	House	Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-15	House	Called from the calendar.
2026-04-15	House	Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
2026-04-07	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-07	House	Notice given.
2026-04-07	House	Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-01	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
2026-03-31	House	Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-30	House	Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-09	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-02-27	House	First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-25	House	Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-02-25	House	Prefiled.

Subjects

BRIDGES/FERRIES

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB401&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1444043
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1455774
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462953
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1476303
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1481238
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460838
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1444068
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1456707
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1463106
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462794
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1476219
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1476220