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HB129 • 2026

HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Joy Walters
Last action
2026-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 783
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

What This Bill Does

  • HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB129 4931 5911 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 129 2026 Regular Session Walters HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB129 4931 5911 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 129 2026 Regular Session Walters HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Removes the designation of Louisiana Highway 173 from Elder Street and North Holtzman Avenue to Common Street in Shreveport, Louisiana as the "Dr.
  • Harry Blake, Sr.
  • Memorial Highway".
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB129 4931 1872 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB129 4931 1872 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Original House Bill No.
  • 129 by Representative Walters 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 4, after "Parish;" and before "to provide for implementation" insert "to 3 designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 3194 in Caddo Parish as the "Virginia Green 4 Evans Memorial Highway";" 5 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 6 On page 1, between lines 8 and 9, insert following: 7 "Section 2.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB129 4931 1595 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB129 4931 1595 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Original House Bill No.
  • 129 by Representative Walters 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 4, after "Parish;" and before "to provide for implementation" insert "to 3 designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 3194 in Caddo Parish as the "Virginia Green 4 Evans Memorial Highway";" 5 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 6 On page 1, between lines 8 and 9, insert following: 7 "Section 2.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1484 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 129 BY WALTERS CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/26/2026 Time: 2:14:33 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1484 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 129 BY WALTERS CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/26/2026 Time: 2:14:33 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carter, W.
  • Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
  • Henry, D.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB129 4379 3955 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Jenkins to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB129 4379 3955 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Jenkins to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 129 by Representative Walters 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 4, change "Highway 3194" to "Highway 1" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, line 11, after "Section 2." delete the remainder of the line and insert "The portion 5 of Louisiana Highway 1, including north and south lanes, beginning at the intersection of Dr.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB129 4379 2212 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB129 4379 2212 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 129 by Representative Walters 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "designate" delete the remainder of the line, delete line 3 in its 3 entirety, and at the beginning of line 4, delete "Caddo Parish; to designate" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, delete lines 8 through 10 in their entirety 6 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB129 4379 2158 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB129 4379 2158 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 129 by Representative Walters 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "designate" delete the remainder of the line, delete line 3 in its 3 entirety, and at the beginning of line 4, delete "Caddo Parish; to designate" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, delete lines 8 through 10 in their entirety 6 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-09 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-09 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 783.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-27 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. 2026-05-27 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. 2026-05-26 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-25 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

  8. 2026-05-20 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-19 S

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-19 S

    Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  11. 2026-04-27 S

    Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  12. 2026-04-21 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  13. 2026-04-20 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. 2026-04-15 S

    Reported with amendments.

  15. 2026-03-25 S

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

  16. 2026-03-24 S

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

  17. 2026-03-24 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  18. 2026-03-23 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.

  19. 2026-03-18 H

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

  20. 2026-03-17 H

    Reported with amendments (10-0).

  21. 2026-03-09 H

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

  22. 2026-02-13 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

  23. 2026-02-13 H

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

  24. 2026-02-13 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 7832026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 129
BY REPRESENTATIVES WALTERS AND GREEN
1 AN ACT
2 To designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Caddo Parish as the "Virginia Green
3 Evans Memorial Highway"; to provide for implementation; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. The portion of Louisiana Highway 1, including north and south lanes,
7 beginning at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. and Ravendale Dr., and ending
8 thirteen hundred feet north of Deer Park Rd., in Shreveport, Louisiana, shall be known and
9 is hereby designated as the "Virginia Green Evans Memorial Highway".
10 Section 2. The Department of Transportation and Development or its contractors are
11 hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting this designation
12 provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's
13 actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to
14 exceed the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars per sign.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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