---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides relative to procurement of port-related specialized cranes and replacement parts"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides relative to procurement of port-related specialized cranes and replacement parts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 648"
citation: "Louisiana HB 648 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Leger, III"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c82a0717-07ea-446a-b361-6c76c4d1c746"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234147"
source_hash: "c0d79c2e50677f7a4d91d739cba047c37c2a764093c930ce18a8afb27a3e8e6d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 648 (2018) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Provides relative to procurement of port-related specialized cranes and replacement parts

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB648 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1073188)
2. **HB648 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097986)
3. **HB648 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079389)
4. **HB648 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1083207)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1533, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077396)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1788, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079314)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1947, Leger, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080143)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1707, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079799)
9. **HB648 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094598)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#769) — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#242) — **96–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Walt Leger, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 05/15/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 173. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-05-01** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-30** Reported favorably.
- **2018-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/18.
- **2018-03-28** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-27** Reported with amendments (15-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c82a0717-07ea-446a-b361-6c76c4d1c746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).