---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates the economic proceeds from the Deepwater Horizon litigation to transportation projects and redirects funding to the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN -$24,000,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates the economic proceeds from the Deepwater Horizon litigation to transportation projects and redirects funding to the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN -$24,000,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Louisiana HB 578 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tanner Magee"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac679825-6795-49e6-95dc-d5971376726d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236443"
source_hash: "f0852b3d7fa7fc997060a363a8eb5d558b9698fe944edf0f2e1c3ba937805194"
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 578 (2019) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates the economic proceeds from the Deepwater Horizon litigation to transportation projects and redirects funding to the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN -$24,000,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB578 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122371)
2. **HB578 Act 443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1145397)
3. **HB578 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129486)
4. **HB578 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134677)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1789, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128788)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1873, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129177)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2130, Magee, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130890)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2729, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134434)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2741, LeBas, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134595)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #2742, Jones, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134596)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #2744, White, M, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134608)
12. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1430, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129944)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2445, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137624)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2635, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138233)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2759, LaFleur, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138911)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2862, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139442)
17. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3191, LaFleur, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140904)
18. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3231, Fannin, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141001)
19. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3264, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141540)
20. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3268, LaFleur, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141554)
21. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2594, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138018)
22. **HB578 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142957)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#322) — **97–4** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 2744 BY WHITE, END CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS (#319) — **52–40** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#952) — **92–10** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 2744 BY WHITE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#320) — **21–71** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#872) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION (#321) — **15–76** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 2741 BY LEBAS, MOTION TO ADOPT (#318) — **22–76** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tanner Magee — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Norby Chabert — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 443. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 10. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2019-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-02** Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage.
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-28** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (21-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `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/ac679825-6795-49e6-95dc-d5971376726d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).