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LouisianaSB 1702026 Regular SessionSenate

PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides for requirements for commissioners of the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Thomas A. Pressly (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Caddo-Bossier port commissioners face stricter service rules

Beginning August 1, 2026, appointments to the nine-member Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission require Louisiana Senate confirmation. Appointees must have expertise in economic development, transportation, logistics, or commercial real estate. Caddo Parish appoints two members: one living inside Shreveport and one living elsewhere in Caddo Parish. Bossier Parish appoints one member who lives in that parish. Shreveport appoints four city residents, and Bossier City appoints two city residents. Eight members serve six-year terms; Shreveport's at-large member serves a term matching the mayor's term. The Bossier Parish member, three six-year Shreveport members, and two Bossier City members may serve only two consecutive terms. That limit does not apply to Caddo Parish's two members or Shreveport's at-large member. Members must be U.S. citizens, qualified voters, and property taxpayers of the parish they represent or the state, as applicable. Appointing authorities must seek racial diversity reflecting the area represented. Caddo Parish instead must seek to reflect the racial makeup of its parish governing authority. Vacancies are filled through the original appointment process for the remaining term. The law preserves the listed historical term-expiration schedule. These rules do not create household benefits or payments.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Thomas A. Pressly

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Adam Bass

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 148 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2026

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

Yes: 94 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 18 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/7/2026

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

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 470.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/12/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/12/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/7/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/6/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/5/2026House

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

    4/9/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    4/8/2026House

  14. Called from the Calendar.

    4/7/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026Senate

  16. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    3/31/2026Senate

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/30/2026Senate

  18. Reported favorably.

    3/25/2026Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    3/9/2026Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    2/25/2026Senate

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