---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Increases certain special permit fees and dedicates the proceeds of the fee increase into the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN +$8,584,000 SD RV See Note)"
description: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Increases certain special permit fees and dedicates the proceeds of the fee increase into the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN +$8,584,000 SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Louisiana HB 217 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Leger, III"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7080320e-48ac-4eca-9b68-b21cc5bb4601"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235945"
source_hash: "8243570f4eb662c96ff91ba20655bc7d7390e160785c8de9f91b235bca97e3c9"
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 217 (2019) — FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Increases certain special permit fees and dedicates the proceeds of the fee increase into the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN +$8,584,000 SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB217 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119206)
2. **HB217 Act 301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144231)
3. **HB217 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125862)
4. **HB217 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127815)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1567, Leger, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127517)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2383, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137343)
7. **HB217 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142149)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#842) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#57) — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#884) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walt Leger, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 01/01/2020.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 301. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-31** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-27** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-27** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2019-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **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 (14-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7080320e-48ac-4eca-9b68-b21cc5bb4601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).