Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 14 D · 7 R cosponsors

HB 657 — HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 310.

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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 27, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 22, 2026.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 21 sponsors

    1 primary, 20 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (14 D · 7 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill designates specific portions of highways in Louisiana.

This legislation officially designates certain sections of highways in Louisiana for specific purposes. It aims to clarify highway usage and improve navigation.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

35 added · 40 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 657, a specific line referencing "ACT No. 310" has been removed. This change likely cleans up the document by eliminating outdated or unnecessary references. By streamlining the language, the bill can be clearer and easier for everyone to understand, which is important for effective communication of its purpose and impact.

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HLS 26RS-971 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
657 BY REPRESENTATIVE BRYANT HIGHWAYS:
657 BYREPRESENTATIVESBRYANT,BEAULLIEU,BOUDREAUX,BRASS,WILFORD CARTER, CHASSION, FISHER, HEBERT, JACKSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JACOB LANDRY, LARVADAIN, MENA, MILLER, MOORE, MURRAY, NEWELL, OWEN, SPELL, THOMPSON, AND WALTERS AN ACT To designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 182 in the city of Jeanerette as the "Berwick 'BJ' LeJeune, Jr.
Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways AN ACT To designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 182 in the city of Jeanerette, between Hubertville Road and Canal Street, as the "Berwick 'BJ' LeJeune, Jr.
to designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 182 between the cities of Jeaneretteand Sorrel, as the "Ret.
to designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 182 in New Iberia as the "Ret.
Judge Richard T.
Judge Richard 'Dickey' Haik, Sr.
'Dickey' Haik, Sr.
to designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 182 in New Iberia as the "Col.
Terry C.
Landry, Sr.
Highway";
to donate a portion of Louisiana Highway 96 in St.
Martinville as the "Phillip 'Poppa' Dauterive IIIMemorial Highway";
The portion of Louisiana Highway 182 between the cities of Jeanerette and Sorrel, from Louisiana Highway671 to Louisiana Highway318, shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Ret.
The portion of Louisiana Highway 182 in the city of New Iberia from South Evangeline Street to Louisiana Highway 3212, shall be known and is hereby designated as the Ret.
Judge Richard T.
Judge Richard 'Dickey' Haik, Sr.
'Dickey' Haik, Sr.
Section3.
Section 3.
TheDepartmentofTransportationandDevelopmentoritscontractorsare hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting these designations provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of seven hundred fiftydollars per sign.
The portion of Louisiana Highway 182 in New Iberia from Louisiana Highway3212 to the citylimit of Lafayette, shall be known and is herebydesignated as the "Col.
Terry C.
Landry, Sr.
Highway".
Section 4.
The portion of Louisiana Highway96 in St.
Martinville, extending from the Saint Martin Parish Sheriff Regional Training Academy to Freedom Lane, shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Phillip 'Poppa' Dauterive III Memorial Highway".
HLS 26RS-971 ENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
657 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
657 ENROLLED Section5.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
TheDepartmentofTransportationandDevelopmentoritscontractorsare hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting these designations provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of seven hundred fiftydollars per sign.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 657 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Bryant Designates a portion of La.
Hwy.
182 in the cityof Jeanerette, between Hubertville Rd.
and Canal St., as the "Berwick 'BJ' LeJeune, Jr.
Memorial Highway".
Designates a portion of La.
Hwy.
182 between the cities of Jeanerette and Sorrel, from La.
Hwy.
671 to La.
Hwy.
318, as the "Ret.
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Judge Richard T.
'Dickey' Haik, Sr.
Highway".
Directs the Dept.
of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting the hwy.
designations provided local or private monies are receivedbytheDOTDequaltoitsactualcostsformaterial,fabrication,mountingposts,and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of $750 per sign.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
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Remove"Memorial"fromthenameofthe"Ret.JudgeRichardT.'Dickey'Haik, Sr.
Highway".
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 310.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  7. Notice given.

  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/18/2026.

  9. Called from the calendar.

  10. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  11. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.

  12. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  13. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  14. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  15. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  16. Reported favorably.

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

  18. Called from the calendar.

  19. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  21. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  22. Notice given.

  23. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/18/2026.

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

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

  26. Reported with amendments (13-0).

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

  28. Prefiled.

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

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 20 co-sponsors · 126 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (20)

Not signed on (126)

126 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1245)

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5002
Republican 63005
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 — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Not Voting
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
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 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 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Not Voting
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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FINAL PASSAGE (#670)

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 (#35)

Passed 91 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8000
Republican 550011
Democrat 28001
Total 910012
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
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 Yea
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 Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
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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transportation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 657?
HB 657 is sponsored by Joy Walters (Democrat), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Annie Spell (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Ed Murray (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Shaun Raphael Mena (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Troy Jude Hebert (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), and C. Travis Johnson (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 657?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
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