HCR68 • 2026

TRANSPORTATION: Memorializes Congress to secure federal funding to remove four closed bridges on United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany Parish

Budget Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Mike Bayham
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Signed by the Speaker
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify the exact amount of $10 million in the summary text, but it is mentioned in the bill text.

Memorializing Congress for Bridge Removal Funding

This resolution asks Congress to secure federal funding to remove four closed bridges on US Highway 90 in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.

What This Bill Does

Asks the U.S. Congress to secure $10 million for removing four closed bridges.
Requests this money from the fiscal year 2027 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development budget.

Who It Names or Affects

Residents of St. Tammany Parish who use US Highway 90.
Businesses in the area affected by closed bridges.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, which would receive funding.

Terms To Know

Memorialize: To formally request or urge someone to take action on an important matter.
Appropriations Request: A formal request for money from the government budget.

Limits and Unknowns

The resolution does not guarantee funding will be provided.
It is unclear if Congress will act on this memorialization.

Bill History

2026-05-26 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended.
2026-05-21 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-12 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-05-11 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-11 H
Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 98, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-06 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-05 H
Reported favorably (15-0).
2026-04-21 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
2026-04-20 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

TRANSPORTATION: Memorializes Congress to secure federal funding to remove four closed bridges on United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany Parish

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 68
BY REPRESENTATIVES BAYHAM, BERAULT, BILLINGS, WILFORD CARTER,
CARVER, EGAN, FREEMAN, GLORIOSO, DANA HENRY, JACKSON, MENA,
MURRAY, NEWELL, TAYLOR, WRIGHT, AND WYBLE
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to secure
ten million dollars in funding to be provided to the Louisiana Department of
Transportation and Development from the fiscal year 2027 Transportation, Housing,
and Urban Development appropriations request for purposes of removing four closed
bridges on United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany Parish.
WHEREAS, four bridges on United States Highway 90, constructed nearly one
hundred years ago, were closed by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and
Development in May 2022 due to structural integrity deficiencies; and
WHEREAS, these closures resulted in the cutting off of a significant commercial,
commuter, and hurricane evacuation corridor to Mississippi for residents of and businesses
in St. Tammany, Orleans, and St. Bernard parishes; and
WHEREAS, the removal of these unsafe structures would be the first step in the
eventual reconnection of the critical segment of United States Highway 90 linking the New
Orleans metropolitan area to the state of Mississippi and the eastern gulf coast.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to facilitate the
future reconstruction of the segment of United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany Parish
by taking such actions as are necessary to secure ten million dollars in funding to be
provided to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development from the fiscal
year 2027 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations request for
purposes of removing four closed bridges on United States Highway 90 in St. Tammany
Parish.
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HCR NO. 68 ENROLLED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the
United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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