HB401 • 2026

BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge"

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Mark Wright
Last action: 2026-06-09
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 800
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge"

BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D.

What This Bill Does

BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D.
McLeese Memorial Bridge"

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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House Floor Amendment #3497 Wright Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB401 4931 3497 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Wright to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB401 4931 3497 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Wright to Engrossed House Bill No.
401 by Representative Wright 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 3, after "as the" and before "Justin" change ""Corporal" to ""Lance Corporal" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
2 4 On page 1, line 8, after "as the" and before "Justin" change ""Corporal" to ""Lance Corporal" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

2026-06-09 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-09 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 800.
2026-05-27 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-26 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-26 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-25 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 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. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-15 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-15 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-15 H
Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
2026-04-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-07 H
Notice given.
2026-04-07 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-01 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-30 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-25 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-02-25 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

BRIDGES/FERRIES: Designates the elevated portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge"

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 8002026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 401
BY REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAMBURG, BEAULLIEU,
BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER,
BRASS, BRAUD, BROUSSARD, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARLSON, CARVER,
CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER,
DICKERSON, DOMANGUE, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, EGAN, FIRMENT,
GADBERRY, GALLE, GLORIOSO, GREEN, HEBERT, DANA HENRY,
HILFERTY, HORTON, MIKE JOHNSON, KNOX, LAFLEUR, JACOB LANDRY,
LYONS, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MCMAKIN, MURRAY,
MUSCARELLO, NEWELL, OWEN, RISER, SAWYER, SCHLEGEL, ST.
BLANC, STAGNI, TAYLOR, TURNER, VILLIO, WILDER, WILEY, WYBLE,
AND ZERINGUE AND SENATORS ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BARROW,
BARTHELEMY, BASS, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD,
CONNICK, DUPLESSIS, EDMONDS, FESI, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY,
HENSGENS, HODGES, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS, KLEINPETER,
LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MIGUEZ, MILLER, MIZELL, MORRIS,
MYERS, OWEN, PRESSLY, PRICE, REESE, SEABAUGH, STINE, TALBOT,
WHEAT, AND WOMACK
1 AN ACT
2 To designate the elevated portion on United States Highway 190 over the Bogue Falaya
3 River in St. Tammany Parish as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial
4 Bridge"; to provide for implementation; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. The elevated portion on United States Highway 190 over the Bogue
7 Falaya River in the city of Covington, parish of St. Tammany, shall be known and is hereby
8 designated as the "Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge".
9 Section 2. The Department of Transportation and Development or its contractors are
10 hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting this designation
11 provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's
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HB NO. 401 ENROLLED
1 actual cost for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to
2 exceed the sum of two thousand two 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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