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HB905 • 2026

HIGHER EDUCATION: Changes the name of the Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy

HIGHER EDUCATION: Changes the name of the Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy

Education
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Mark Wright
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 445
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details about the purpose of the maritime academy or how it will be implemented beyond renaming it.

Changing the Name of a Maritime Academy

This act changes the name of the Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy to 'A state maritime academy, the Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy at Nicholls State University'.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law to rename the Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy at Nicholls State University as a state maritime academy.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy at Nicholls State University

Terms To Know

Maritime industry
The sector that deals with transportation, shipping, and other activities related to sea travel.
Merchant marine officers
People who work as captains, navigators, engineers, or deckhands on ships involved in commercial shipping.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify how the name change will be implemented beyond renaming it in the law.
  • It is unclear if there are any financial implications for changing the academy's name.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-29 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 445.

  3. 2026-05-25 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  4. 2026-05-25 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. 2026-05-22 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  6. 2026-05-21 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. 2026-05-20 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-13 S

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

  9. 2026-05-12 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-11 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-04-15 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  12. 2026-04-14 S

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

  13. 2026-04-14 H

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

  14. 2026-04-14 H

    Called from the calendar.

  15. 2026-04-09 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  16. 2026-04-09 H

    Notice given.

  17. 2026-04-09 H

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. 2026-04-08 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

  19. 2026-04-07 H

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

  20. 2026-04-01 H

    Reported favorably (12-0).

  21. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

  22. 2026-02-27 H

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

  23. 2026-02-27 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

  24. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

HIGHER EDUCATION: Changes the name of the Universities of Louisiana Maritime Academy

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 4452026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 905
BY REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT AND MARTINEZ
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3217(B)(1), relative to the Universities of Louisiana Maritime
3 Academy; to provide for the name of the program; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 17:3217(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 §3217. University of Louisiana System
7 * * *
8 B.(1) A state maritime academy, the Universities of Louisiana Maritime
9 Academy at Nicholls State University, is hereby established for the purposes of
10 leveraging and coordinating existing maritime programs and facilities, providing for
11 the training of merchant marine officers, and providing for additional educational
12 pathways aligned with the workforce needs of the maritime industry.
13 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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