Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Passed House 33 R cosponsors

HB 221 — HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates the new bridge to be constructed over the Mississippi River connecting Louisiana Highway 1 and Louisiana Highway 30 as the "President Donald J. Trump Expressway"

Last action — Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 19, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 33 sponsors

    1 primary, 32 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (33 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote 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

36 added · 15 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 221 has added a stipulation that the act will only become effective if the federal government provides significant funding for the construction of a new bridge across the Mississippi River before January 20, 2029. This change matters because it ties the project's progression to federal funding, ensuring that the bridge's construction is financially viable before the state commits to the additional costs of signage related to the bridge's designation.

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HLS 26RS-707 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
HLS 26RS-707 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
221 BY REPRESENTATIVE ECHOLS HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE:
221 BY REPRESENTATIVES ECHOLS, AMEDEE, BAGLEY, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BEAULLIEU,BERAULT,BILLINGS,BOYER,BUTLER,CARLSON,CARRIER, CARVER,CHENEVERT,CREWS,DESHOTEL,DICKERSON,EDMONSTON, EGAN, FIRMENT, GLORIOSO, HENRY, HORTON, JACOB LANDRY, MCMAKIN, MELERINE, MUSCARELLO, OWEN, RISER, SCHAMERHORN, WILDER, WRIGHT, AND WYBLE HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE:
to provide for effectiveness;
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
Section 3.
Itconstitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
This Act shall become effective if and when the federal government provides a substantial amount of funding for construction of the bridge, but only if such funding is provided prior to noon on January 20, 2029.
Page 1 of 2 HLS 26RS-707 REENGROSSED HB NO.
221 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 221 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Echols Designates the new Mississippi River bridge connecting La.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 221 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Echols Designates the new Mississippi River bridge connecting La.
Specifies that proposed law will become effective if and when the federal government provides a substantial amount of funding for construction of the bridge, but only if such funding is provided prior to noon on Jan.
20, 2029.
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Make technical changes 2.
Provide that the effectiveness of proposed law is contingent upon funding from thefederalgovernmentfortheconstructionofthebridgebyNoononJanuary20, 2029.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

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

  3. Called from the calendar.

  4. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  5. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  6. Notice given.

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2026.

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

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

  10. Reported favorably (12-2).

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

  12. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

  13. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 32 co-sponsors · 114 not signed on · 26 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (32)

Not signed on (114)

114 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

FINAL PASSAGE (#51)

Passed 68 Yea · 26 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6101
Republican 61203
Democrat 12305
Total 682609
% of votes cast 66%25%0%9%
How each member voted (103)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Henry — Yea
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
Landry, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Chasity Martinez Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Ed Murray Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Not Voting
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Nay
Annie Spell Republican Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Nay
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 Nay
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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Subjects

transportation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 221?
HB 221 is sponsored by John E. Wyble (Republican), Mark Wright (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Nicholas Muscarello (Republican), Michael Melerine (Republican), Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Chance Keith Henry (Republican), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Kim Carver (Republican), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 221?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 19, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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