---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 117 as the \"Caroline Dormon Memorial Highway\". (8/1/18)"
description: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 117 as the \"Caroline Dormon Memorial Highway\". (8/1/18)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Louisiana SB 461 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Long"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-13"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13862ecb-1342-4d79-af4d-91d79e723543"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234350"
source_hash: "525f87fa028c16b816380bebd2206ee76b3446e162287f0d1df30dbdfbf88b93"
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 461 (2018) — ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 117 as the "Caroline Dormon Memorial Highway". (8/1/18)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB461 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074625)
2. **SB461 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097987)
3. **SB461 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078284)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1344, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077558)
5. **SB461 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093824)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#735) — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 461 BY LONG (#212) — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gerald Long — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date 8/1/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 161. `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.
- **2018-05-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/18.
- **2018-04-18** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-16** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-04-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-26** Reported with amendments.
- **2018-03-14** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13862ecb-1342-4d79-af4d-91d79e723543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).