---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the New Orleans Ferry Fund and provides for the use of the monies in the fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the New Orleans Ferry Fund and provides for the use of the monies in the fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 479"
citation: "Louisiana HB 479 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Carter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dafa099-2e1b-45c0-abdd-455edd3137de"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236306"
source_hash: "43b7c57a34b81102b3998f3a93ae9847e3234692d4bc7bdbf8419da7abfdecd2"
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 479 (2019) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the New Orleans Ferry Fund and provides for the use of the monies in the fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB479 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121901)
2. **HB479 Act 163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143696)
3. **HB479 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130521)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1605, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127770)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1854, APP, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129083)
6. **HB479 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138422)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#500) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#302) — **83–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Carter — primary (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: 07/01/2019.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 163. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. 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** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-02** House committee amendments rejected.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dafa099-2e1b-45c0-abdd-455edd3137de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).