Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 49 R · 32 D cosponsors

SB 104 — ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the "Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (EN +$3,000 SG EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 210.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 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.

  • 83 sponsors

    1 primary, 82 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (49 R · 32 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

42 added · 33 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of SB 104, a specific reference to "ACT No. 210" has been removed. This change likely indicates that the bill is being updated to align with current laws or to clarify its provisions without relying on outdated references. Removing this line helps streamline the legislation and ensures that it is easier for everyone to understand.

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SLS 26RS-226 ENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
104 BY SENATORS KLEINPETER, ABRAHAM, CARTER, CONNICK, PRICE AND WHEAT ROADS/HIGHWAYS.
104 BY SENATORS KLEINPETER, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BARTHELEMY, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, DUPLESSIS, FESI, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, HODGES, JACKSON- ANDREWS, JENKINS, MIGUEZ, MILLER, MIZELL, MORRIS, PRICE,REESE,WHEATANDWOMACKANDREPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAMBURG, BERAULT, BOUDREAUX, BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, BRAUD, BRYANT,BUTLER, CARPENTER,WILFORDCARTER,CARVER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DICKERSON, DOMANGUE, EGAN, FISHER, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GLORIOSO, DANA HENRY, HILFERTY, JACKSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, JACOB LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MCMAKIN, MELERINE, MENA, MOORE, MURRAY, NEWELL, PHELPS, SAWYER, SCHAMERHORN, SPELL, TAYLOR, VENTRELLA, WALTERS, WILDER, WILEY, WYBLE, YOUNG AND ZERINGUE AN ACT To provide relative to state highways;
Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the "Ernest J.
Gaines Memorial Highway".
(8/1/26) AN ACT To provide relative to state highways;
to provide for location and placement of signage;
to designate a portionofLouisianaHighway16inLivingstonParishasthe"DeputyKatherine"Ms.
to provide for restrictions on costs of materials to the department;
Katy" Wells MemorialHighway";
to provideforlocationandplacementofsignage;
to provide for restrictions oncostsofmaterialsto thedepartment;
The Department of Transportation and Development is hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs of this designation provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's actual costs for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of each sign, not to exceed the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars per sign.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the portion of Louisiana Highway 16, between Louisiana Highway 1033 and Louisiana Highway 1026 in the city of Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, is hereby designated as the "Deputy Katherine "Ms.
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Katy" Wells Memorial Highway".
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The Department of Transportation and Development is hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs of these designations provided local Page 1 of 2 Coding:
SLS 26RS-226 ENGROSSED SB NO.
SB NO.
104 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
104 ENROLLED or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's actual costs for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of each sign, not to exceed the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars per sign.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 104 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Kleinpeter Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the "Ernest J.
Gaines Memorial Highway".
Directs DOTD to erect and maintain appropriate signs of this designation provided certain cost restrictions are satisfied.
Effective August 1, 2026.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 210.

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

  8. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

  10. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

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

  17. Reported favorably.

  18. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  19. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 82 co-sponsors · 64 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (82)

Not signed on (64)

64 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.

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Votes

CONCUR (#686)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 10001
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 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 (#937)

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 61007
Democrat 29001
Total 97008
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
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 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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
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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CO-AUTHORS (#213)

Passed 24 Yea · 0 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 140013
Democrat 9002
Total 240015
% of votes cast 62%0%0%38%
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#212)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 26001
Democrat 10001
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
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 Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 104?
SB 104 is sponsored by Johnson, T., Jerome Zeringue (Republican), Rashid Armand Young (Democrat), John E. Wyble (Republican), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Joy Walters (Democrat), Lauren Ventrella (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Annie Spell (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Paul Sawyer (Republican), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Ed Murray (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Shaun Raphael Mena (Democrat), Michael Melerine (Republican), Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Dana Henry (Democrat), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Jessica Domangue (Republican), Kellee Dickerson, 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), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), 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), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Glen Womack (Republican), Jr., William "Bill" Wheat (Republican), Mike Reese (Republican), Edward J. Price (Democrat), John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Gregory A. Miller (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Sam Jenkins (Democrat), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Valarie Hodges (Republican), Cameron Henry (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Patrick Connick (Republican), Heather Cloud (Republican), Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Sidney Barthelemy II (Democrat), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Mark Abraham (Republican), Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican), and Michael "Big Mike" Fesi (Republican).
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