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HB462 • 2026

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Dixon McMakin
Last action
2026-05-22
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 301
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes details about the speaker's appointment that are not fully detailed in the provided official summary and bill text. The exact number of representatives or senators appointed by the speaker or president of the Senate is not specified.

Capital Area Road and Bridge District Act

This act specifies the composition of the board of commissioners for the Capital Area Road and Bridge District.

What This Bill Does

  • Specifies that the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development or their designee must be a member of the board.
  • Requires each parish president comprising the district or their designee to join as well.
  • The governor appoints one resident from the district to serve on the board.
  • The speaker of the House appoints at least one but no more than two representatives whose districts touch parts of the Capital Area Road and Bridge District.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of the Louisiana Legislature, including the governor, secretary of transportation, parish presidents, and certain representatives and senators.
  • People who live in or work for the Capital Area Road and Bridge District.

Terms To Know

Capital Area Road and Bridge District
A special area in Louisiana where a board manages roads and bridges.
Board of Commissioners
The group that makes decisions about the Capital Area Road and Bridge District.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify exactly how many representatives or senators will be on the board.
  • Only affects Louisiana's Capital Area Road and Bridge District.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: SSHB462 4024 5445 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 462 2026 Regular Session McMakin DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB462 4024 5445 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 462 2026 Regular Session McMakin DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Reduces the maximum number of appointments that the speaker of the House of Representatives is authorized to make to the board of commissioners of the Capital Area Road and Bridge District from five to two.
  • 2.
  • Reduces the maximum number of appointments that the president of the Senate is authorized to make to the board of commissioners of the Capital Area Road and Bridge District from five to two.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB462 is a procedural vote to concur with the Senate's amendments, without specifying any new changes to the bill text.

  • The provided amendment text does not include specific details about what changes are being made to the original bill. It only indicates that the House is voting to agree with the Senate's amendments.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB462 4564 3185 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Foil to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB462 4564 3185 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Foil to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 462 by Representative McMakin 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 17, after "and not more than" delete "five" and insert "two" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 2, at the beginning of line 2 delete "five" and insert "two" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-22 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-22 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 301.

  3. 2026-05-19 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-18 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-18 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-13 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-12 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.

  8. 2026-05-12 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-11 S

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-04-28 S

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

  11. 2026-04-27 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-04-22 S

    Reported favorably.

  13. 2026-04-07 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  14. 2026-04-01 S

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

  15. 2026-04-01 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. 2026-03-31 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

  17. 2026-03-30 H

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

  18. 2026-03-26 H

    Reported favorably (13-0).

  19. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  20. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  21. 2026-02-26 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  22. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 3012026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 462
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 48:773, relative to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District;
3 to provide relative to the board of commissioners of the district; to provide relative
4 to the membership of the board; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 48:773 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §773. Appointment and term of board of commissioners
8 The management and control of the district shall be vested in a board of
9 commissioners composed of seven members as follows:
10 (1) The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development or
11 his designee.
12 (2) The president of each parish comprising the district or the president's
13 designee.
14 (3) The governor shall appoint one resident of the district as a member who
15 shall serve at the pleasure of governor.
16 (4) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint at least one
17 and not more than two representatives whose representative district includes a
18 portion of at least one of the parishes comprising the district. The speaker shall
19 appoint, as practicable, one representative from each of the parishes comprising the
20 district.
21 (5) The president of the Senate shall appoint at least one and not more than
22 two senators whose senate district includes a portion of at least one of the parishes
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1 comprising the district. The president shall appoint, as practicable, one senator from
2 each of the parishes comprising the district.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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