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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana modifies Port Construction and Development Priority Program, establishing large and standard project categories and local match rules
Last action · June 9, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes formal definitions for large and standard port projects, sets a 20 percent local match requirement for large projects and 10 percent for standard projects, and updates quarterly application and hearing procedures starting August 1, 2026.
Local port authorities seeking state construction funds face different matching requirements based on project classification, with large projects requiring a 20 percent local match subject to legislative fund allocations.
- The Port Construction and Development Priority Program provides state financial assistance for port infrastructure and development projects across Louisiana. context
- The Louisiana State Law Institute is an official advisory law revision commission that assists the legislature with statutory revision and codification. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Port Authorities
Port authorities must provide a ten percent local match for standard projects and a twenty percent local match for large projects.
Office of Multimodal Commerce
The office is required to promulgate rules establishing cost ranges, benefit cost ratios, and return on investment requirements for project categories.
Key Facts
- Defines 'benefit cost ratio' as total benefits divided by total cost of a project.
- Defines 'large project' based on cost, benefit cost ratio, and return on state investment established by the office of multimodal commerce.
- Defines 'standard project' as a project other than a large project meeting benefit cost ratio and return on investment requirements.
- Allows the department to contract with the Louisiana State University Ports and Waterways Institute or any state college or university for port priority program development duties.
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- Requires the joint committee to call a public hearing within thirty days of receiving a prioritized list of projects for the first three quarters of the year.
- Mandates that a standard project require a ten percent local match.
- Mandates that a large project require a twenty percent local match, subject to legislative allocation of additional Transportation Trust Fund dollars.
- Requires the office of multimodal commerce to promulgate rules establishing cost ranges, benefit cost ratios, and return on state investment criteria.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the local match requirement for port projects under the new law?
Who defines what qualifies as a large project versus a standard project?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
30 actions- Jun 9, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 836.
- Jun 9, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 4, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseRules suspended.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 31, 2026HouseNotice Senate discharged the Conference Committee.
- May 29, 2026HouseDischarged from Conference Committee.
- May 29, 2026SenateNotice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
- May 28, 2026HouseHouse conferees appointed: Bourriaque, Fontenot, and Martinez.
- May 28, 2026SenateNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 27, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- May 27, 2026SenateNotice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 26, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 20, 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 13, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 12, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseReported with amendments (15-0).
- 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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Two-Tiered Port Project Matching
The legislation formally bifurcates port projects into standard and large categories, tying distinct local match percentages (10% vs 20%) to project scale.
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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