---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development"
description: "SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 738"
citation: "Louisiana HB 738 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Bourriaque"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-18"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ecda156-cbe2-4546-93ca-80716fb39649"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246739"
source_hash: "d4afdd2bf8d58dbc112e231ab66d2777887904bff861c40d935eeb3a21e554c4"
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 738 (2024) — SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development

## Version chain

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

1. **HB738 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354950)
2. **HB738 Act 720** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382744)
3. **HB738 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373750)
4. **HB738 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375191)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #4473, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373494)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #4526, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373718)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3469, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374043)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3988, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376980)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4095, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377632)
10. **HB738 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380754)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1665) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1311) — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1073) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryan Bourriaque — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 06/30/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 720. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-22** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
- **2024-05-14** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Reported with amendments (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ecda156-cbe2-4546-93ca-80716fb39649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).