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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 official source material does not provide details on what happens if a member cannot serve their term or specific rules for management beyond board composition.

Capital Area Road and Bridge District Act

This act changes the rules for how the Capital Area Road and Bridge District is managed, including setting up a seven-member board of commissioners with specific appointment requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law about the management and control of the Capital Area Road and Bridge District.
  • Establishes a seven-member board of commissioners to oversee the district.
  • Specifies that one member must be appointed by the governor from within the district.
  • Requires the speaker of the House to appoint at least one representative who represents part of the district.
  • Requires the president of the Senate to appoint at least one senator who represents part of the district.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Capital Area Road and Bridge District
  • Residents of the district appointed by the governor
  • Representatives from parishes within the district
  • Senators from parishes within the district

Terms To Know

District
A specific area with its own rules and management for roads and bridges.
Board of Commissioners
The group that makes decisions about how the district is run.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if a member of the board cannot serve their term.
  • Effective date is set for August 1, 2026.

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
2026 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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