---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates portions of certain highways. (8/1/24) (EN +$4,460 SG EX See Note)"
description: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates portions of certain highways. (8/1/24) (EN +$4,460 SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Louisiana SB 45 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/776e316c-5c6d-4976-bb08-bdaab4bbb146"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245797"
source_hash: "c728e8c6f98b90fcb2e91a8897e03cc3aad89e4debf9eaaa65f6bcd0590218e7"
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 45 (2024) — ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates portions of certain highways. (8/1/24) (EN +$4,460 SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB45 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346831)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2941, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365237)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2960, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365300)
4. **SB45 Act 49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375760)
5. **SB45 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354346)
6. **SB45 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356001)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #595, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353226)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #626, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353677)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #827, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354827)
10. **SB45 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372386)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#527) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#853) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#41) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 49. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/9/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-06** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/2024.
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-15** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-19** 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`
- **2024-03-18** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-13** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** 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`
- **2024-02-26** 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/776e316c-5c6d-4976-bb08-bdaab4bbb146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).