---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to the Department of Transportation and Development's authority over high-occupancy vehicle lanes on state highways (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to the Department of Transportation and Development's authority over high-occupancy vehicle lanes on state highways (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 701"
citation: "Louisiana HB 701 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vincent J. Pierre"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-04"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60bbf45d-3233-4c0b-b5c2-19ea120d978e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240919"
source_hash: "28aa41ae8c16462015ce5434832ef0a954f17f941ff6f5d515c36eb2c9965847"
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 701 (2021) — HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to the Department of Transportation and Development's authority over high-occupancy vehicle lanes on state highways (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB701 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220187)
2. **HB701 Act 357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235685)
3. **HB701 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220560)
4. **HB701 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225456)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2612, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222827)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2788, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229064)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3101, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230620)
8. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3250, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231157)
9. **HB701 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233712)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#832) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#484) — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1141) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vincent J. Pierre — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 06/14/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 357. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-06** 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`
- **2021-06-03** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-17** 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`
- **2021-05-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2021.
- **2021-05-11** Notice given.
- **2021-05-11** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2021.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 636 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (12-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60bbf45d-3233-4c0b-b5c2-19ea120d978e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).