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IntroducedFeb 27, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
BRIDGES/FERRIES: Authorizes the Department of Transportation and Development to enter into contracts for the operation and maintenance of ferry systems
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Senate • Apr 21, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Summary
Comments on HB 655
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Votes
YES: 84
- Adams
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Bacala
- Domangue
- Marcelle
- Bagley
- Echols
- Martinez
- Bamburg
- Edmonston
- McFarland
- Bayham
- Firment
- McMakin
- Beaullieu
- Fisher
- Melerine
- Berault
- Fontenot
- Miller
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Moore
- Boudreaux
- Gadberry
- Murray
- Bourriaque
- Glorioso
- Muscarello
- Boyd
- Green
- Orgeron
- Boyer
- Hebert
- Owen
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Phelps
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Riser
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Sawyer
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Illg
- Spell
- Carpenter
- Johnson, M.
- St. Blanc
- Carrier
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Carver
- Kerner
- Turner
- Chassion
- Knox
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Villio
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Wilder
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Wiley
- Crews
- Landry, T.
- Wright
- Deshotel
- Larvadain
- Wyble
- Dewitt
- Lyons
- Young
ABSENT: 13
Actions
- Apr 21, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Apr 20, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 20, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 15, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
- Apr 14, 2026 | House
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (12-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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