---
type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Creates the Southeast Louisiana Port Authority Advisory Commission. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Creates the Southeast Louisiana Port Authority Advisory Commission. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Louisiana SB 74 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Connick"]
version_count: 17
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d74df42-0020-43c1-907f-80d6ea517051"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244181"
source_hash: "ff74b717d635aca1cdd465a6c0ee263776c2e8afb0e1bdf4ec1b6e3a3af71c37"
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 74 (2023) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Creates the Southeast Louisiana Port Authority Advisory Commission. (8/1/23) (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. **SB74 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306961)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2795, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329374)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3258, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324063)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3268, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324112)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3279, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324140)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3318, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324402)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3541, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325692)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3554, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325814)
9. **SB74 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333336)
10. **SB74 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317025)
11. **SB74 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320525)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1029, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316755)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1052, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316893)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1230, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318269)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1533, Connick, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320355)
16. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1072, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317146)
17. **SB74 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331817)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1202) — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#988) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#873) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#257) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#258) — **12–0** (fail) · upper
- REJECT (#663) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Connick — primary (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-29** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-29** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 461. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 91, nays 1. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-06-07** Conference committee report received.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Wright, Freiberg, and Kerner.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-06** Senate conference committee members appointed: Connick, McMath, and Smith.
- **2023-06-04** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-01** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-01** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2023.
- **2023-05-24** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-22** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-09** 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`
- **2023-05-02** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-01** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** 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`
- **2023-03-28** 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/0d74df42-0020-43c1-907f-80d6ea517051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).