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LouisianaHB 5102025 Regular SessionHouse

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Authorizes the town of Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish to designate certain alternative pathways along state highways for golf carts and low-speed vehicles

Sponsored By: Joseph A. Orgeron (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Golden Meadow gains golf cart route options

The law lets Golden Meadow approve golf carts and low-speed vehicles on road shoulders within town. Eligible roads must have speed limits of 30 mph or less; Louisiana Highway 3235 is excluded. The town council must approve access by ordinance and record it in its minutes. It can add conditions consistent with the law or cancel approval at any time. Golf carts must be electric, four-wheeled vehicles originally designed for off-road use, with maximum speeds no higher than 25 mph. Low-speed vehicles must have four wheels, electric or gasoline power, and top speeds above 20 but below 25 mph. Their required equipment includes lights, signals, reflectors, mirrors, a safety-standard windshield, a wiper, speedometer, odometer, parking brake, brakes on every wheel, seat belts at every seat, and a vehicle identification number.

Golden Meadow cart users face requirements

Drivers using authorized Golden Meadow routes must hold a license valid for Louisiana highways and carry required proof of insurance. Each golf cart or low-speed vehicle must be registered with the town and display a town-issued decal as directed. Registration lasts as long as the registering owner owns the vehicle. The town can set a registration fee by ordinance, but the law requires no fee and sets no amount. The municipal clerk must retain collected fees and deposit them into the town’s general fund.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joseph A. Orgeron

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Candace N. Newell

    Democratic • House

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

  • Neil Riser

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 146 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/1/2025

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

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 203.

    6/8/2025House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    6/8/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/5/2025House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/4/2025Senate

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/3/2025House

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    6/2/2025House

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

    6/1/2025Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/28/2025Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/27/2025Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    5/21/2025Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    5/13/2025Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/12/2025House

  13. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/12/2025Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.

    5/8/2025House

  15. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/7/2025House

  16. Reported with amendments (11-0).

    5/6/2025House

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

    4/14/2025House

  18. Prefiled.

    4/4/2025House

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    4/4/2025House

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