---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHWAYS: Authorizes Grambling State University to redesignate Stadium and Facilities Drive, on the campus of Grambling State University, as \"Doug Williams Drive\""
description: "HIGHWAYS: Authorizes Grambling State University to redesignate Stadium and Facilities Drive, on the campus of Grambling State University, as \"Doug Williams Drive\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Louisiana HB 357 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick O. Jefferson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed15427-b67d-492b-8aa6-97735c21079c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236173"
source_hash: "1f7ca14c6a7839a7402e635d6cc5fc5e1673941e95b2b7e7641392d40836b307"
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 357 (2019) — HIGHWAYS: Authorizes Grambling State University to redesignate Stadium and Facilities Drive, on the campus of Grambling State University, as "Doug Williams Drive"

## Version chain

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

1. **HB357 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121358)
2. **HB357 Act 217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144133)
3. **HB357 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124949)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1935, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134148)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3053, Price, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140363)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3140, Price, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140807)
7. **HB357 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142115)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#46) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#893) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#744) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick O. Jefferson — primary (person)
- A.B. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 217. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/19.
- **2019-04-17** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably (18-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ed15427-b67d-492b-8aa6-97735c21079c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).