HB1174 • 2026

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque
Last action: 2026-05-22
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 338
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how the phase-out process will occur after June 30, 2026.

Re-creating the Department of Transportation and Development

This act re-establishes the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development as of June 30, 2026, sets a termination date for its statutory authority on July 1, 2031, and updates related laws.

What This Bill Does

Restores the existence of the Department of Transportation and Development effective June 30, 2026.
Sets July 1, 2031, as the end date when the department's statutory authority will cease unless it is re-created earlier.
Updates R.S. 49:191(3)(b) to include details about the termination process for the Department and its entities.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Transportation and Development in Louisiana
Statutory entities that are part of the department

Terms To Know

statutory authority: Legal permission given by a law to an organization or agency to exist and operate.
termination date: The specific day when something officially ends according to the law.

Limits and Unknowns

It is unclear what will happen if the department is not re-created before July 1, 2031.
Details about how the department and its entities will be phased out after June 30, 2026, are not provided.

Bill History

2026-05-22 H
Effective date: 06/30/2026.
2026-05-22 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 338.
2026-05-19 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-18 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-18 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-18 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-13 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-05 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-04 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-29 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-21 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-04-20 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-20 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-15 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
2026-04-14 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-13 H
Reported favorably (14-0).
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 3382026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1174
BY REPRESENTATIVES BOURRIAQUE AND CHASSION
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 49:191(3)(b) and to repeal R.S. 49:191(1)(o), relative to the Department of
3 Transportation and Development, including provisions to provide for the re-creation
4 of the Department of Transportation and Development and the statutory entities
5 made a part of the department by law; to provide for the effective termination date
6 for all statutory authority for the existence of such statutory entities; and to provide
7 for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Transportation and
10 Development and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-
11 created effective June 30, 2026, and all statutory authority therefor is continued in
12 accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised
13 Statutes of 1950.
14 Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of
15 Transportation and Development and the statutory entities made a part of the department as
16 re-created by Section 1 of this Act shall cease as of July 1, 2031, pursuant to R.S. 49:191.
17 However, the Department of Transportation and Development may be re-created prior to
18 such date in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the
19 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
20 Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that
21 those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
22 Section 4. R.S. 49:191(3)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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HB NO. 1174 ENROLLED
1 §191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-
2 out period for statutory entities; table of dates
3 Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the
4 legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their
5 operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority
6 for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of
7 July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:
8 * * *
9 (3) July 1, 2030:
10 * * *
11 (b) The Department of Transportation and Development and all statutory
12 entities made a part of the department by law.
13 * * *
14 Section 5. R.S. 49:191(1)(o) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
15 Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2026; if vetoed by the
16 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
17 June 30, 2026, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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