Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 59 — FUNDS/FUNDING:  Constitutional amendment to remove authority to fund state police for traffic control from the Transportation Trust Fund. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Last action — Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  2. Received from the House without amendments.

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

  4. Discharged from the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  5. Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  6. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  7. Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading.

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/18.

  9. Reported favorably (16-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  10. Rules suspended.

  11. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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

  14. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  16. Reported favorably.

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

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

Sponsors

  • Patrick Page Cortez · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Patrick Page Cortez

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.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1401)

Passed 88 Yea · 0 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 530013
Democrat 11002
Republican 24001
Total 880016
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Norton — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Havard — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Guinn — Not Voting
Carter, S. — Yea
Hazel — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Hoffmann — Not Voting
Johnson — Yea
Hollis — Not Voting
Howard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Huval — Not Voting
Ivey — Yea
White — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Armes — Not Voting
Bouie — Not Voting
Carmody — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Not Voting
Thibaut — Yea
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Cromer — Not Voting
Dwight — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Not Voting
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#109)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27001
Democrat 5000
Republican 6000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Johns — Yea
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Morrish — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
White — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Perry — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Colomb — Yea
Cortez — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Appel — Yea
Chabert — Not Voting
Claitor — Yea
Erdey — Yea
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety transportation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 59?
SB 59 is sponsored by Patrick Page Cortez.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2018. Enacted.
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