LouisianaSB 242026 Regular SessionSenate

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates Interstate 49 as "Senator J. Bennett Johnston Jr. Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (EN +$4,500 SG EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Patrick Connick (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Patrick Connick

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Adam Bass

    Republican • Senate

  • Bob Hensgens

    Republican • Senate

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

  • Cameron Henry

    Republican • Senate

  • Franklin J. Foil

    Republican • Senate

  • Gary Carter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Heather Cloud

    Republican • Senate

  • Jimmy Harris

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mark Abraham

    Republican • Senate

  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesi

    Republican • Senate

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

  • Robert Allain

    Republican • Senate

  • Royce Duplessis

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sidney Barthelemy II

    Democratic • Senate

  • Valarie Hodges

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 146 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 4/27/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/24/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 199.

    5/14/2026Senate
  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/14/2026Senate
  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate
  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate
  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House
  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate
  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/6/2026House
  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

    5/5/2026House
  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/29/2026House
  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/28/2026House
  11. Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/27/2026House
  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    3/26/2026House
  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/25/2026House
  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/24/2026Senate
  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/23/2026Senate
  16. Reported with amendments.

    3/18/2026Senate
  17. 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
  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    1/28/2026Senate

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