---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of United States Highway 190, Gause Boulevard West, as the \"Officer Jason Seals Memorial Highway\" (EN +$2,200 SG EX See Note)"
description: "HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of United States Highway 190, Gause Boulevard West, as the \"Officer Jason Seals Memorial Highway\" (EN +$2,200 SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Louisiana HB 79 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary DuBuisson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e7637c7-2809-4f44-90ef-d92bd62f27c1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235716"
source_hash: "90704aab8a4c1d7c059054a416598f7d1830203078ccd4d1a5e0b052cdc9290a"
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 79 (2019) — HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of United States Highway 190, Gause Boulevard West, as the "Officer Jason Seals Memorial Highway" (EN +$2,200 SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB79 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1115806)
2. **HB79 Act 113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143555)
3. **HB79 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124359)
4. **HB79 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126082)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1207, Jenkins, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125256)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1933, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134139)
7. **HB79 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140367)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#15) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#788) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#479) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mary DuBuisson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-05** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 113. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-31** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 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.
- **2019-04-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/19.
- **2019-04-16** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably (16-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/22/2019.
- **2019-03-18** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e7637c7-2809-4f44-90ef-d92bd62f27c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).