HB 70 is sponsored by Wayne McMahen (Republican), Robert Mills, Tony Bacala (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Robby Carter (Democrat), Mack Cormier, Jean-Paul Coussan, Paula Davis, Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Lance Harris, Valarie Hodges (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Samuel Jenkins, Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Clay Schexnayder, Francis C. Thompson (Republican), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).

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Louisiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 16 R · 6 D cosponsors

HB 70 — HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates a certain portion of Interstate Highway 20 in Webster Parish as the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway"

Last action May 17, 2022 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 24.

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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 14, 2022. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
29 sponsors

1 primary, 28 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (16 R · 6 D) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

May 17, 2022
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 24.
May 17, 2022
Effective date: 08/01/2022.
May 13, 2022
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
May 12, 2022
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 12, 2022
Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 11, 2022
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 11, 2022
Received from the Senate without amendments.
May 10, 2022
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
May 09, 2022
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 04, 2022
Reported favorably.
March 23, 2022
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
March 22, 2022
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
March 22, 2022
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
March 17, 2022
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
March 17, 2022
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/22/2022.
March 16, 2022
Reported with amendments (9-0).
March 14, 2022
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
February 18, 2022
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/18/2022.
February 14, 2022
Prefiled.
February 14, 2022
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Wayne McMahen Republican

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#538)

May 11, 2022

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	16	0	0	1
Democrat	6	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	13	0	0	2
Total	35	0	0	3
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (38)

Member	Party	Vote
Henry	—	Yea
Peacock	—	Yea
Pope	—	Yea
Bernard	—	Yea
Hewitt	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Milligan	—	Yea
Mills, F.	—	Yea
Ward	—	Yea
Fields	—	Yea
Mills, R.	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Not Voting
White	—	Not Voting
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Yea
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Yea
Glen Womack	Republican	Yea
Heather Cloud	Republican	Not Voting
Jeremy Stine	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	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
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#34)

March 22, 2022

Passed 86 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	19	0	0	4
Republican	43	0	0	6
Unaffiliated	24	0	0	8
Total	86	0	0	18
% of votes cast	83%	0%	0%	17%

How each member voted (104)

Member	Party	Vote
Brown	—	Yea
Goudeau	—	Yea
Pierre	—	Yea
Ivey	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Jefferson	—	Yea
Stefanski	—	Yea
DuBuisson	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
Willard	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Not Voting
Nelson	—	Not Voting
Magee	—	Not Voting
Glover	—	Not Voting
Marino	—	Not Voting
Hollis	—	Not Voting
Stagni	—	Not Voting
Hughes	—	Not Voting
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
McKnight	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Yea
Frieman	—	Yea
Mincey	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Garofalo	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Cormier	—	Yea
Huval	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Johnson, T.	—	Yea
St. Blanc	—	Yea
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Yea
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Yea
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Yea
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Yea
Dustin Miller	Democrat	Yea
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Yea
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Yea
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Larry Selders	Democrat	Yea
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Not Voting
Marcus Anthony Bryant	Democrat	Yea
Pat Moore	Democrat	Not Voting
Robby Carter	Democrat	Yea
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Yea
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Yea
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Yea
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Not Voting
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Not Voting
Brett F. Geymann	Republican	Yea
Bryan Fontenot	Republican	Yea
Charles Owen	Republican	Yea
Christopher Turner	Republican	Yea
Danny McCormick	Republican	Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Yea
Debbie Villio	Republican	Yea
Dodie Horton	Republican	Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Yea
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Yea
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron	Republican	Yea
Jr., John R. Illg	Republican	Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat	Republican	Yea
Kathy Edmonston	Republican	Yea
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Yea
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Yea
Les Farnum	Republican	Yea
Mark Wright	Republican	Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment	Republican	Yea
Michael Charles Echols	Republican	Yea
Mike Johnson	Republican	Not Voting
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Nicholas Muscarello	Republican	Not Voting
Phillip DeVillier	Republican	Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Yea
Polly Thomas	Republican	Yea
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Yea
Raymond J. Crews	Republican	Not Voting
Rhonda Gaye Butler	Republican	Yea
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn	Republican	Yea
Ryan Bourriaque	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Yea
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Yea
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

veterans transportation

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 70?: HB 70 is sponsored by Wayne McMahen (Republican), Robert Mills, Tony Bacala (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Robby Carter (Democrat), Mack Cormier, Jean-Paul Coussan, Paula Davis, Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Lance Harris, Valarie Hodges (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Samuel Jenkins, Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Clay Schexnayder, Francis C. Thompson (Republican), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 70?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2022. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 70
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 14, 2022
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Wayne McMahen

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