Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 47 R · 19 D cosponsors

HB 346 — HIGHWAYS: Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 171 as the "Speaker Joe R. Salter Memorial Highway"

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 70.

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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 February 24, 2026. Enacted.

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

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 67 sponsors

    1 primary, 66 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (47 R · 19 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

11 added · 27 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 346, a reference to "ACT No. 70" has been removed. This change likely means that the bill no longer connects to or relies on that particular act, which could simplify its application or make it more relevant to current laws. Removing outdated references helps ensure that the legislation is clear and focused on present-day issues. Overall, this adjustment is intended to make the bill more effective and easier to understand.

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HLS 26RS-335 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
346 BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHAMERHORN, ADAMS, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAMBURG,BAYHAM,BERAULT,BILLINGS,BOUDREAUX,BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER, BRAUD, BROUSSARD, BUTLER, CARLSON, CARRIER, ROBBY CARTER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, CREWS, DEVILLIER, DEWITT, DICKERSON, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, FIRMENT, FISHER, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GLORIOSO, GREEN, HENRY, HILFERTY, HORTON, ILLG, MIKE JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MCFARLAND, MELERINE, MENA, MOORE, MURRAY, ORGERON, OWEN, PHELPS, SCHLEGEL, SPELL, STAGNI, TARVER, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WALTERS, WILEY, WYBLE, AND ZERINGUE HIGHWAYS:
346 BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHAMERHORN, ADAMS, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAMBURG,BAYHAM,BERAULT,BILLINGS,BOUDREAUX,BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER, BRAUD, BROUSSARD, BUTLER, CARLSON, CARRIER, ROBBY CARTER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, CREWS, DEVILLIER, DEWITT, DICKERSON, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, FIRMENT, FISHER, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GLORIOSO, GREEN, CHANCE HENRY, HILFERTY, HORTON, ILLG, MIKE JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MCFARLAND, MELERINE, MENA,MOORE,MURRAY, ORGERON,OWEN, PHELPS, SCHLEGEL, SPELL, STAGNI, TARVER, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WALTERS, WILEY, WYBLE, AND ZERINGUE AN ACT To redesignate a portion of United States Highway 171 from Louisiana Highway 118 to Sandra Lane in Florien, Louisiana, as the "Speaker Joe R.
RedesignatesaportionofUnitedStatesHighway171asthe"SpeakerJoeR.
Salter Memorial Highway" AN ACT To redesignate a portion of United States Highway 171 from Louisiana Highway 118 to Sandra Lane in Florien, Louisiana, as the "Speaker Joe R.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
346 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 346 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Schamerhorn Redesignates the portion of the U.S.
Hwy.
171 from La.
Hwy.
118 to Sandra Ln.
in the village of Florien, La.
as the "Speaker Joe R.
Salter Memorial Highway".
DirectstheDept.ofTransportationandDevelopment(DOTD)oritscontractorstoerectand maintainappropriatesignagereflectingthisdesignationprovidedlocalorprivatemoniesare receivedbytheDOTDequaltoitsactualcostsformaterial,fabrication,mountingposts,and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of $750 per sign.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Add the middle initial "R." to the "Speaker Joe Salter Memorial Highway" designation.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 70.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

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

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 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. 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 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

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1 sponsors · 66 co-sponsors · 80 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (66)

Not signed on (80)

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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 (#466)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 11000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
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 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#9)

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 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
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 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
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 Not Voting
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 346?
HB 346 is sponsored by Jerome Zeringue (Republican), John E. Wyble (Republican), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), Joy Walters (Democrat), Debbie Villio (Republican), Christopher Turner (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Joe Stagni, Annie Spell (Republican), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Charles Owen (Republican), Joseph A. Orgeron (Republican), Ed Murray (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Shaun Raphael Mena (Democrat), Michael Melerine (Republican), Jack McFarland (Republican), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Mike Johnson (Republican), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Chance Keith Henry (Republican), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Foy Bryan Gadberry (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Robby Carter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Jacob Braud (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Ryan Bourriaque (Republican), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Reese "Skip" Broussard (Republican), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 346?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2026. Enacted.
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