---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of LA 16 in St. Helena Parish as the \"Trooper George Baker Memorial Highway\". (8/1/22) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)"
description: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of LA 16 in St. Helena Parish as the \"Trooper George Baker Memorial Highway\". (8/1/22) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Louisiana SB 79 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Bodi White, Jr."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-25"
last_action: "2022-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a3474e-56bc-4c6d-8d47-4ea3ce3ad89f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241775"
source_hash: "f2a6818b78588e32a847c8efb7b4f790a2466290533c3f238f86c9f81b9bfb71"
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 79 (2022) — ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of LA 16 in St. Helena Parish as the "Trooper George Baker Memorial Highway". (8/1/22) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB79 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251039)
2. **SB79 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280630)
3. **SB79 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267985)
4. **SB79 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269762)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1599, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267854)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #692, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1259864)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1631, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1268152)
8. **SB79 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1278265)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#792) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#250) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — primary (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-17** Effective date 8/1/2022.
- **2022-05-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 65. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-15** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/12/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-11** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-11** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2022.
- **2022-05-04** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-02** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-11** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-03-14** 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`
- **2022-02-25** 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/e3a3474e-56bc-4c6d-8d47-4ea3ce3ad89f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).