---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Authorizes designation of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on state highways. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Authorizes designation of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on state highways. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Louisiana SB 84 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Erdey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ac9875a-adf1-4925-92be-01b361ccc5f8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235976"
source_hash: "fb3c44612f4d734586a34222a0570a4ded64f2af509a1b81e3db6cd558be984c"
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 84 (2019) — TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Authorizes designation of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on state highways. (8/1/19) (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. **SB84 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119506)
2. **SB84 Act 81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143174)
3. **SB84 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127734)
4. **SB84 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130037)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #569, THPW, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124040)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1329, Erdey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129334)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1419, Riser, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129857)
8. **SB84 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137766)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#589) — **83–2** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#220) — **11–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#219) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale Erdey — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad Appel — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Claitor — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Gatti — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Yvonne Colomb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 81. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/19.
- **2019-05-15** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-29** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** 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`
- **2019-03-27** 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/7ac9875a-adf1-4925-92be-01b361ccc5f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).