Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 356 — BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge on Louisiana Highway 315 as the "Elward T. Brady, Jr. Memorial Bridge"

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 71.

  1. ✓
    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 24, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 11, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

7 added · 20 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the revised version of Bill HB 356, the reference to "ACT No. 71" has been removed. This change likely simplifies the text of the bill and helps avoid confusion about this specific act. By taking it out, the bill may become clearer and more focused on its main objectives. This matters because clearer legislation can lead to better understanding and compliance among those affected by the law.

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HLS 26RS-789 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
356 BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE BRIDGES/FERRIES:
356 BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE AN ACT To designate the elevated portion of Louisiana Highway 315, commonly referred to as the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge, over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterwayin Terrebonne Parish,cityofHouma,asthe"ElwardT.Brady,Jr.MemorialBridge";toprovidefor implementation;
Designates the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge on Louisiana Highway 315 as the "Elward T.
Brady, Jr.
Memorial Bridge" AN ACT To designate the elevated portion of Louisiana Highway 315, commonly referred to as the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge, over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterwayin Terrebonne Parish,cityofHouma,asthe"ElwardT.Brady,Jr.MemorialBridge";toprovidefor implementation;
The elevated portion of Louisiana Highway 315, commonly referred to as the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge, over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Terrebonne Parish, cityofHouma,shall be known and is herebydesignated as the "Elward T.
The elevated portion of Louisiana Highway 315, commonly referred to as the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge, over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Terrebonne Parish, cityof Houma, shallbeknown and is herebydesignated as the "Elward T.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
356 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 356 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Zeringue Designates the elevated portion located on La.
Hwy.
315, known as the Bayou Dularge Bascule Bridge, over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Terrebonne Parish, city of Houma as the "Elward T.
Brady, Jr.
Memorial Bridge".
DirectstheDept.ofTransportationandDevelopment(DOTD)oritscontractorstoerectand maintain appropriate signage reflecting the bridge 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 $750 per sign.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 71.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 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. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.

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

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#521)

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24003
Democrat 8003
Unaffiliated 0001
Total 32007
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
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 (#12)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8000
Republican 64002
Democrat 26003
Total 98005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (103)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Henry — Yea
Stagni — Yea
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 Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez 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 Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
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
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
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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Who sponsors HB 356?
HB 356 is sponsored by Jerome Zeringue (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 356?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2026. Enacted.
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