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LouisianaSB 3302026 Regular SessionSenate

TRAFFIC: Provides specifications for proper identification of school zones with automated speed enforcement. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsored By: Robert "Bob" Owen (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public Works

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

New school-zone road markings for Louisiana drivers

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana authorities must paint “SCHOOL” across the entrance lane of school zones using automated speed enforcement. The white lettering must be sized to fit the lane beside the S1-1 school sign. It must follow the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Roads without asphalt or concrete are exempt, as are roads the appropriate state agency finds unsuitable. On roads outside the state highway system, markings installed before August 1, 2026, remain acceptable if they met prior rules. Those markings remain acceptable until the road is resurfaced or the markings are replaced. The law also repeals the former separate pavement-marking provision.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Robert "Bob" Owen

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 1

House vote • 5/12/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/30/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 492.

    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, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, 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, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/7/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/6/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (15-0). 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.

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/30/2026Senate

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

    3/23/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    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.

    2/27/2026Senate

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