---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates the Forked Island Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on Louisiana Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish as the \"Rose Ashy Broussard Memorial Bridge\". (8/1/21) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)"
description: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates the Forked Island Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on Louisiana Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish as the \"Rose Ashy Broussard Memorial Bridge\". (8/1/21) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Louisiana SB 26 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Hensgens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/319083c3-4b24-4b01-87a4-7f81765ed09c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239828"
source_hash: "c25e5f315595e0dd77b8358f6de5e18f547bcf25717db665044afe826662ef60"
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 26 (2021) — ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates the Forked Island Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on Louisiana Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish as the "Rose Ashy Broussard Memorial Bridge". (8/1/21) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB26 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1201599)
2. **SB26 Act 38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230685)
3. **SB26 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216134)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #485, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213409)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #856, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216062)
6. **SB26 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227206)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#150) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#551) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Hensgens — primary (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-01** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 38. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/25/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-24** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-05-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-05-19** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2021.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-12** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-21** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** 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`
- **2021-03-01** 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/319083c3-4b24-4b01-87a4-7f81765ed09c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).