Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 77 R · 22 D cosponsors

HB 401 — BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge"

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 800.

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 09, 2026.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 101 sponsors

    1 primary, 100 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (77 R · 22 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

Names a bridge after Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese.

The bill designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the 'Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge.' This memorial honors the service of Lance Corporal McLeese.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

15 added · 23 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 401, a line referencing “ACT No. 800” has been removed. This change means that specific details or provisions tied to that act are no longer part of the bill. It matters because it could simplify the legislation or remove outdated elements, helping the bill to be clearer and more focused on its current goals.

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HLS 26RS-1003 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
BLANC, STAGNI, TAYLOR, TURNER, VILLIO, WILDER, WILEY, WYBLE, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATOR MCMATH BRIDGES/FERRIES:
BLANC, STAGNI, TAYLOR, TURNER, VILLIO, WILDER, WILEY, WYBLE, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATORS ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BARROW, BARTHELEMY, BASS, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, DUPLESSIS, EDMONDS, FESI, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, HODGES, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS, KLEINPETER, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MIGUEZ, MILLER, MIZELL, MORRIS, MYERS, OWEN, PRESSLY, PRICE, REESE, SEABAUGH, STINE, TALBOT, WHEAT, AND WOMACK AN ACT To designate the elevated portion on United States Highway 190 over the Bogue Falaya River in St.
DesignatestheelevatedportionofUnitedStatesHighway190asthe "Lance Corporal Justin D.
McLeese Memorial Bridge" AN ACT To designate the elevated portion on United States Highway 190 over the Bogue Falaya River in St.
TheDepartmentofTransportationandDevelopmentoritscontractorsare hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting this designation provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of two thousand two hundred fiftydollars per sign.
TheDepartmentofTransportationandDevelopmentoritscontractorsare hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting this designation provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's Page 1 of 2 HB NO.
Page 1 of 2 HLS 26RS-1003 REENGROSSED HB NO.
401 ENROLLED actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of two thousand two hundred fiftydollars per sign.
401 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 401 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Wright Designates the bridge on U.S.
Hwy.
190 over the Bogue Falaya River in the city of Covington, parish of St.
Tammany, as the "Lance Corporal Justin D.
McLeese Memorial Bridge".
DirectstheDept.ofTransportationandDevelopment(DOTD)oritscontractorstoerectand maintain appropriate signage reflecting this highway designation provided local or private monies are received by the DOTD equal to its actual costs for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of $2,250 per sign.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 800.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. 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.

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

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

  10. Reported favorably.

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

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

  13. Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

  14. Called from the calendar.

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  17. Notice given.

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

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

  21. Reported favorably (12-0).

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

  23. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  24. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 100 co-sponsors · 46 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (100)

Not signed on (46)

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1220)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 27000
Democrat 10001
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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CO-AUTHORS (#1221)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 27000
Democrat 10001
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#531)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 66002
Democrat 25005
Total 98007
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Not Voting
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Not Voting
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 401?
HB 401 is sponsored by Glen Womack (Republican), Kirk Talbot (Republican), Jeremy Stine (Republican), Alan Seabaugh (Republican), Mike Reese (Republican), Thomas A. Pressly (Republican), Robert "Bob" Owen (Republican), Brach Jerad Myers (Republican), John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Gregory A. Miller (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Eddie J. Lambert (Republican), Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican), Sam Jenkins (Democrat), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Valarie Hodges (Republican), Bob Hensgens (Republican), Cameron Henry (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Michael "Big Mike" Fesi, Rick Edmonds (Republican), Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Heather Cloud (Republican), Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Christopher Turner (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Paul Sawyer (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Nicholas Muscarello (Republican), Ed Murray (Democrat), Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican), Wayne McMahen (Republican), Jack McFarland (Republican), Danny McCormick (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Mike Johnson (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Dana Henry (Democrat), Troy Jude Hebert (Republican), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Jr., Jack "Jay" William Gallé (Republican), Foy Bryan Gadberry (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Jessica Domangue (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Jacob Braud (Republican), Ken Brass (Democrat), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Ryan Bourriaque (Republican), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Mark Wright (Republican), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Adam Bass (Republican), Sidney Barthelemy II (Democrat), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Robert Allain (Republican), Jr., William "Bill" Wheat (Republican), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Patrick McMath (Republican), Patrick Connick (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), Mark Abraham (Republican), Jerome Zeringue (Republican), John E. Wyble (Republican), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Debbie Villio (Republican), Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican), III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc (Republican), and Reese "Skip" Broussard (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 401?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.
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