---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Authorizes certain parishes to name a sports complex in honor of a living person"
description: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Authorizes certain parishes to name a sports complex in honor of a living person"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "Louisiana HB 236 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert E. Billiot"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83755672-11d0-4365-805b-1ba652684f84"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235964"
source_hash: "0522f1b8706d951e5c6e8e34b3e3e717cc7057414082bcb4df573b2f1bc1cd50"
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 236 (2019) — PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS: Authorizes certain parishes to name a sports complex in honor of a living person

## Version chain

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

1. **HB236 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119465)
2. **HB236 Act 356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144277)
3. **HB236 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130390)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2777, Peterson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139035)
5. **HB236 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141424)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#577) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#805) — **88–9** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#470) — **81–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert E. Billiot — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-17** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 356. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 9, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-31** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/02/19.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 81, nays 16. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/19.
- **2019-05-15** Notice given.
- **2019-05-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably (14-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83755672-11d0-4365-805b-1ba652684f84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).