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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana designates highway and corridor memorial names across Franklin, Livingston, and Rapides parishes
Last action · May 22, 2026: Effective date: 05/22/2026.Sponsors: Neil Riser and 21 others
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana designates portions of United States Highway 425, Louisiana Highway 16, and Louisiana Highway 121 as memorial routes and crossings, effective May 22, 2026.
Changes only the official names and signage designations of specific roadway segments; no funding or service changes are stated beyond requiring local or private funds to cover sign costs.
Who It Affects
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Department of Transportation and Development
The department is directed to erect and maintain memorial signage upon receipt of local or private funds.
Key Facts
- The portion of United States Highway 425 from Morgan Street to Louisiana Highway 913 in Franklin Parish is designated as the 'Assistant Chief Bill 'Putt' Linder Memorial Highway'.
- The portion of Louisiana Highway 16 at Seventh Ward Elementary School Zone in Livingston Parish is designated as the 'Katy Wells Memorial Crossing Corridor'.
- The portion of Louisiana Highway 121 from Louisiana Highway 112 in Hineston to Louisiana Highway 28 in Gardner in Rapides Parish is designated as the 'Sheriff William Earl Hilton Memorial Highway'.
- The Department of Transportation and Development is directed to erect and maintain signage provided local or private monies equal to actual costs are received.
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- Signage costs for the Linder Memorial Highway are capped at not to exceed two thousand two hundred fifty dollars per sign.
- Signage costs for the Hilton Memorial Highway are capped at not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars per sign.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 22, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 311.
- May 22, 2026HouseEffective date: 05/22/2026.
- May 19, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 18, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 18, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 13, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 12, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
- May 7, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. 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.
- May 7, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Mar 23, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Mar 18, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 17, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 16, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.
- Mar 11, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 10, 2026HouseReported with amendments (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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