---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Louisiana HB 540 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Miguez"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/593581fe-58bf-49f9-9312-89793b33240b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244515"
source_hash: "a39cb926389738f5e0cb17095f8df50fb85cbaabb7cfc80f1ea363f2c9d4a9ab"
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 540 (2023) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB540 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309653)
2. **HB540 Act 441** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333441)
3. **HB540 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311652)
4. **HB540 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313049)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1034, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311014)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1144, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311638)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1341, Beaullieu, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312982)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1343, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312987)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1723, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321953)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1936, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323689)
11. **HB540 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330788)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1096) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#42) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#749) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Miguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-28** Effective date: 06/28/2023.
- **2023-06-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 441. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-18** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-04-18** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2023.
- **2023-04-17** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Reported with amendments (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/593581fe-58bf-49f9-9312-89793b33240b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).