---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development. (6/30/18)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development. (6/30/18)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Louisiana SB 20 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Page Cortez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083c15d8-4753-4d21-b72b-4d507a37e989"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233134"
source_hash: "aff9477a6cc5a43c9fdd76b02cf24ca8819b3f1d7e03b2c3cfeb33b86108e805"
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 SB 20 (2018) — TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development. (6/30/18)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB20 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1062691)
2. **SB20 Act 216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099181)
3. **SB20 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078157)
4. **SB20 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093786)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#693) — **90–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#181) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Patrick Page Cortez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date 6/30/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 216. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2018-05-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/18.
- **2018-04-18** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-16** Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-04-02** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-26** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/083c15d8-4753-4d21-b72b-4d507a37e989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).