HB 174 — BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the bridge located on U.S. 167 in Winn Parish as the "Clayton Horne Memorial Bridge"
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 13.
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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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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 28, 2025.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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81 sponsors
1 primary, 80 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (57 R · 18 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes 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
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Read HB 174 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 13.
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Effective date: 08/01/2025.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported with amendments (12-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Sponsors
- William "Bill" Wheat Jr. · Cosponsor
- Patrick McMath · Cosponsor
- Patrick Connick · Cosponsor
- Heather Cloud · Cosponsor
- Mark Abraham · Cosponsor
- Jerome Zeringue · Cosponsor
- Rashid Armand Young · Cosponsor
- John E. Wyble · Cosponsor
- Matthew Willard · Cosponsor
- Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley · Cosponsor
- Roger William Wilder III · Cosponsor
- Joy Walters · Cosponsor
- Debbie Villio · Cosponsor
- Christopher Turner · Cosponsor
- Francis C. Thompson · Cosponsor
- Polly Thomas · Cosponsor
- Phillip Eric Tarver · Cosponsor
- Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
- Annie Spell · Cosponsor
- Laurie Schlegel · Cosponsor
- Rodney Schamerhorn · Cosponsor
- Troy D. Romero · Cosponsor
- Neil Riser · Cosponsor
- Charles Owen · Cosponsor
- Candace N. Newell · Cosponsor
- Pat Moore · Cosponsor
- Dustin Miller · Cosponsor
- Shaun Raphael Mena · Cosponsor
- Michael Melerine · Cosponsor
- Dixon Wallace McMakin · Cosponsor
- Wayne McMahen · Cosponsor
- C. Denise Marcelle · Cosponsor
- Shane Mack · Cosponsor
- Rodney Lyons · Cosponsor
- Ed Larvadain III · Cosponsor
- Jacob Jules Landry · Cosponsor
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur · Cosponsor
- Jeremy LaCombe · Cosponsor
- Alonzo L. Knox · Cosponsor
- Steven Jackson · Cosponsor
- John R. Illg Jr. · Cosponsor
- Jason Hughes · Cosponsor
- Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
- Stephanie Hilferty · Cosponsor
- Troy Jude Hebert · Cosponsor
- Foy Bryan Gadberry · Cosponsor
- Barbara Reich Freiberg · Cosponsor
- Bryan Fontenot · Cosponsor
- Les Farnum · Cosponsor
- Julie Emerson · Cosponsor
- Peter F. Egan Sr. · Cosponsor
- Kathy Edmonston · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Phillip DeVillier · Cosponsor
- Daryl Andrew Deshotel · Cosponsor
- Raymond J. Crews · Cosponsor
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
- Kimberly Landry Coates · Cosponsor
- Emily Chenevert · Cosponsor
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion · Cosponsor
- Kim Carver · Cosponsor
- Robby Carter · Cosponsor
- R. Dewith Carrier · Cosponsor
- Josh Carlson · Cosponsor
- Chad Brown · Cosponsor
- Jacob Braud · Cosponsor
- Ken Brass · Cosponsor
- Chad Michael Boyer · Cosponsor
- Delisha Boyd · Cosponsor
- Beth Anne Billings · Cosponsor
- Stephanie H. Berault · Cosponsor
- Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV · Cosponsor
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. · Cosponsor
- Larry A. Bagley · Cosponsor
- Tony Bacala · Cosponsor
- Beryl Amedée · Cosponsor
- Roy Daryl Adams · Cosponsor
- Jack McFarland · Primary
- Kellee Hennessy Dickerson · Cosponsor
- C. Travis Johnson · Cosponsor
- Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 80 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Jack McFarland Republican
Co-sponsors (80)
- Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican
- Patrick McMath Republican
- Patrick Connick Republican
- Heather Cloud Republican
- Mark Abraham Republican
- Jerome Zeringue Republican
- Rashid Armand Young Democrat
- John E. Wyble Republican
- Matthew Willard
- Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican
- III, Roger William Wilder Republican
- Joy Walters Democrat
- Debbie Villio Republican
- Christopher Turner Republican
- Francis C. Thompson Republican
- Polly Thomas Republican
- Phillip Eric Tarver Republican
- Joe Stagni
- Annie Spell Republican
- Laurie Schlegel Republican
- Rodney Schamerhorn Republican
- Troy D. Romero
- Neil Riser Republican
- Charles Owen Republican
- Candace N. Newell Democrat
- Pat Moore Democrat
- Dustin Miller Democrat
- Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat
- Michael Melerine Republican
- Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican
- Wayne McMahen Republican
- C. Denise Marcelle Democrat
- Shane Mack Republican
- Rodney Lyons Democrat
- III, Ed Larvadain Democrat
- Jacob Jules Landry Republican
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat
- Jeremy LaCombe Republican
- Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
- Steven Jackson Democrat
- Jr., John R. Illg Republican
- Jason Hughes
- Dodie Horton Republican
- Stephanie Hilferty Republican
- Troy Jude Hebert Republican
- Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican
- Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican
- Bryan Fontenot Republican
- Les Farnum Republican
- Julie Emerson
- Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican
- Kathy Edmonston Republican
- Michael Charles Echols Republican
- Phillip DeVillier Republican
- Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican
- Raymond J. Crews Republican
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
- Kimberly Landry Coates Republican
- Emily Chenevert Republican
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat
- Kim Carver Republican
- Robby Carter Democrat
- R. Dewith Carrier Republican
- Josh Carlson Republican
- Chad Brown
- Jacob Braud Republican
- Ken Brass Democrat
- Chad Michael Boyer Republican
- Delisha Boyd Democrat
- Beth Anne Billings Republican
- Stephanie H. Berault Republican
- IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican
- Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican
- Larry A. Bagley Republican
- Tony Bacala Republican
- Beryl Amedée Republican
- Roy Daryl Adams Democrat
- Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican
- C. Travis Johnson Democrat
- III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican
Not signed on (66)
66 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 66 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 95 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (104)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Johnson, T. | — | Not Voting |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | 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 |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 174?
- HB 174 is sponsored by Jr., William "Bill" Wheat (Republican), Patrick McMath (Republican), Patrick Connick (Republican), Heather Cloud (Republican), Mark Abraham (Republican), Jerome Zeringue (Republican), Rashid Armand Young (Democrat), John E. Wyble (Republican), Matthew Willard, Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Joy Walters (Democrat), Debbie Villio (Republican), Christopher Turner (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Polly Thomas (Republican), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Joe Stagni, Annie Spell (Republican), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Troy D. Romero, Neil Riser (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Shaun Raphael Mena (Democrat), Michael Melerine (Republican), Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican), Wayne McMahen (Republican), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Jason Hughes, Dodie Horton (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Troy Jude Hebert (Republican), Foy Bryan Gadberry (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Les Farnum (Republican), Julie Emerson, Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Robby Carter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), Chad Brown, Jacob Braud (Republican), Ken Brass (Democrat), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Jack McFarland (Republican), Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican), C. Travis Johnson (Democrat), and III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 174?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2025. Enacted.
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