---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Updates the classifications within the state highway system"
description: "TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Updates the classifications within the state highway system"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 127"
citation: "Louisiana HB 127 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vincent J. Pierre"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fac95850-852e-4f88-b8b4-350b80cbcc0f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235796"
source_hash: "4856d4f7cbd54a3fe5f93cc37d6ce1c8720cb72bf5ce5c8e5af4d727c6a90351"
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 127 (2019) — TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Updates the classifications within the state highway system

## Version chain

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

1. **HB127 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117155)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3717, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142242)
3. **HB127 Act 375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144610)
4. **HB127 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125839)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2329, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136852)
6. **HB127 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143402)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#771) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#483) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#997) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1010) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#131) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vincent J. Pierre — primary (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 375. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-05** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Long, and Price.
- **2019-06-03** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-02** House conferees appointed: Pierre, Terry Landry, and Wright.
- **2019-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-05-31** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/19.
- **2019-04-25** Notice given.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/19.
- **2019-04-23** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-22** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/22/2019.
- **2019-03-22** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fac95850-852e-4f88-b8b4-350b80cbcc0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).