Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 11 R · 7 D cosponsors

HB 972 — HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish as the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 111.

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    Introduced
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    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 March 16, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 14, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 18 sponsors

    1 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (11 R · 7 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

7 added · 24 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 972, the reference to "ACTNo.111" has been removed. This change likely aims to clarify the bill's contents or ensure it aligns with updated laws or regulations. Removing outdated references can help prevent confusion and streamline the legislative process. Overall, this amendment helps make the bill clearer and more effective in addressing its goals.

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HLS 26RS-1601 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
972 BY REPRESENTATIVES BOUDREAUX, ADAMS, BAYHAM, BEAULLIEU, BERAULT, BOYER, CARVER, CHASSION, DEVILLIER, FISHER, HORTON, JACKSON, KNOX, JACOB LANDRY, MARTINEZ, SPELL, TAYLOR, AND WYBLE HIGHWAYS:
972 BY REPRESENTATIVES BOUDREAUX, ADAMS, BAYHAM, BEAULLIEU, BERAULT, BOYER, CARVER, CHASSION, DEVILLIER, FISHER, HORTON, JACKSON, KNOX, JACOB LANDRY, MARTINEZ, SPELL, TAYLOR, AND WYBLE AN ACT To designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, as the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway";
Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish as the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway" AN ACT To designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, as the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway";
The portion of Louisiana Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, beginningattheintersectionofLouisianaHighway723andWymanRoadandendingatthe intersection of Louisiana Highway 93 and Destination Pointe Lane shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway".
The portion of Louisiana Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, beginningattheintersectionofLouisianaHighway723andWymanRoadandendingat the intersection of Louisiana Highway 93 and Destination Pointe Lane shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway".
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
972 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
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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 972 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Boudreaux Designates a portion of La.
Hwy.
93 in Lafayette Parish, La.
as the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway".
Directs the Dept.
of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to erect and maintain appropriatesignagereflectingthishighwaydesignationprovidedlocalorprivatemoniesare receivedbytheDOTDequaltoitsactualcostsformaterial,fabrication,mountingposts,and installation of the signage, not to exceed $750 per sign.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Make a technical change.
2.
Adds "Veterans" to the "Desert Shield-Desert Storm Memorial Highway" designation.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 111.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

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

  16. Reported favorably (15-0).

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

  18. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (129)

129 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#677)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 9002
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Not Voting
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 (#450)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Republican 64004
Democrat 28002
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 — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 972?
HB 972 is sponsored by John E. Wyble (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Annie Spell (Republican), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Dodie Horton (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), and Doyle Boudreaux (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 972?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 16, 2026. Enacted.
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