ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the "Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (EN +$3,000 SG EX See Note)

Louisiana
Senate
Introduced Feb 22, 2026
Session 2026

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May 14, 2026 upper

Effective date 8/1/2026.
May 13, 2026 upper

Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
May 12, 2026 upper

Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 7, 2026 upper

Received from the House with amendments.
May 5, 2026 lower

Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.
Apr 28, 2026 lower

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
Apr 1, 2026 lower

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Mar 31, 2026 upper

Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Mar 25, 2026 upper

Reported favorably.
Feb 22, 2026 upper

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

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Caleb Kleinpeter Sponsor

R-LA
Mark Abraham Cosponsor

R-LA
Regina Ashford Barrow Cosponsor

D-LA
Sidney Barthelemy Cosponsor

D-LA
Gerald Boudreaux Cosponsor

D-LA
Gary Carter Cosponsor

D-LA
Stewart Cathey , Jr. Cosponsor

R-LA
Heather Cloud Cosponsor

R-LA
Patrick Connick Cosponsor

R-LA
Royce Duplessis Cosponsor

D-LA
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Cosponsor

R-LA
Franklin J. Foil Cosponsor

R-LA
Jimmy Harris Cosponsor

D-LA
Cameron Henry Cosponsor

R-LA
Valarie Hodges Cosponsor

R-LA
Katrina Jackson-Andrews Cosponsor

D-LA
Samuel Jenkins Cosponsor

D-LA
Blake Miguez Cosponsor

R-LA
Gregory A. Miller Cosponsor

R-LA
Beth Mizell Cosponsor

R-LA
Jay Morris Cosponsor

R-LA
Ed Price Cosponsor

D-LA
Mike Reese Cosponsor

R-LA
William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. Cosponsor

R-LA
Glen Womack Cosponsor

R-LA
Daryl Adams Cosponsor

D-LA
Beryl Amedee Cosponsor

R-LA
Tony Bacala Cosponsor

R-LA
Dennis Bamburg Jr. Cosponsor

R-LA
Stephanie Berault Cosponsor

R-LA
Doyle Boudreaux Cosponsor

R-LA
Ryan Bourriaque Cosponsor

R-LA
Delisha Boyd Cosponsor

D-LA
Chad Boyer Cosponsor

R-LA
Ken Brass Cosponsor

D-LA
Jacob Braud Cosponsor

R-LA
Marcus Bryant Cosponsor

D-LA
Rhonda Butler Cosponsor

R-LA
Barbara Carpenter Cosponsor

D-LA
Wilford Carter , Sr. Cosponsor

D-LA
Kim Carver Cosponsor

R-LA
Tehmi Chassion Cosponsor

D-LA
Emily Chenevert Cosponsor

R-LA
Kimberly Coates Cosponsor

R-LA
Vincent Cox III Cosponsor

R-LA
Daryl Deshotel Cosponsor

R-LA
Phillip DeVillier Cosponsor

R-LA
Kellee Dickerson Cosponsor

R-LA
Jessica Domangue Cosponsor

R-LA
Peter Egan Cosponsor

R-LA
Adrian Fisher Cosponsor

D-LA
Aimee Adatto Freeman Cosponsor

D-LA
Barbara Reich Freiberg Cosponsor

R-LA
Brian Glorioso Cosponsor

R-LA
Dana Henry Cosponsor

D-LA
Stephanie Hilferty Cosponsor

R-LA
Steven Jackson Cosponsor

D-LA
C. Travis Johnson Cosponsor

D-LA
Edmond Jordan Cosponsor

D-LA
Jeremy LaCombe Cosponsor

R-LA
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Cosponsor

D-LA
Jacob Landry Cosponsor

R-LA
Ed Larvadain III Cosponsor

D-LA
Rodney Lyons Cosponsor

D-LA
Shane Mack Cosponsor

R-LA
Dixon McMakin Cosponsor

R-LA
Michael Melerine Cosponsor

R-LA
Shaun Mena Cosponsor

D-LA
Pat Moore Cosponsor

D-LA
Ed Murray Cosponsor

D-LA
Candace N. Newell Cosponsor

D-LA
Tammy Phelps Cosponsor

D-LA
Paul Sawyer Cosponsor

R-LA
Rodney Schamerhorn Cosponsor

R-LA
Annie Spell Cosponsor

R-LA
Sylvia Taylor Cosponsor

D-LA
Lauren Ventrella Cosponsor

R-LA
Joy Walters Cosponsor

D-LA
Roger Wilder III Cosponsor

R-LA
Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley Cosponsor

R-LA
John Wyble Cosponsor

R-LA
Rashid Young Cosponsor

D-LA
Jerome Zeringue Cosponsor

R-LA

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the "Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (EN +$3,000 SG EX See Note)

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