Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 2 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 231 — HIGHWAYS:  Provides an exemption for highways designated in honor of military personnel, law enforcement officers, and firefighters killed in the line of duty

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

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

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

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

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

  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/27/18.

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

  6. Reported with amendments (15-0).

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

  8. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

  • Vincent J. Pierre · Cosponsor
  • Polly Thomas · Cosponsor
  • Mark Wright · Cosponsor
  • Ken Brass · Cosponsor
  • J. Rogers Pope · Cosponsor
  • Dorothy Sue Hill · Cosponsor
  • Terry Brown · Primary
  • Jerry "Truck" Gisclair · Cosponsor
  • Frankie Howard · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Norton · Cosponsor
  • T. Landry · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Carpenter · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 135 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Terry Brown

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (135)

135 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 (#136)

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 62006
Democrat 10002
Republican 23001
Total 95009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Hollis — Yea
Huval — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Norton — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Havard — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
Hoffmann — Yea
Howard — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
LeBas — Not Voting
Carter, S. — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Stagni — Not Voting
Thibaut — Not Voting
James — Yea
Smith — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
Leger — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Cromer — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Not Voting
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons 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 Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright 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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Subjects

public-safety veterans transportation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 231?
HB 231 is sponsored by Vincent J. Pierre, Polly Thomas (Republican), Mark Wright (Republican), Ken Brass (Democrat), J. Rogers Pope, Dorothy Sue Hill, Terry Brown, Jerry "Truck" Gisclair, Frankie Howard, Barbara Norton, Landry, T., and Barbara Carpenter (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 231?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 231?
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