---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates the Bayou Bienvenue bridge on Louisiana Highway 47 in Chalmette, Louisiana, as the \"Senator Samuel B. Nunez Crossing\""
description: "HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates the Bayou Bienvenue bridge on Louisiana Highway 47 in Chalmette, Louisiana, as the \"Senator Samuel B. Nunez Crossing\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 887"
citation: "Louisiana HB 887 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Bayham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2606cc10-b277-40d3-8754-d8ea44b6ab5c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247082"
source_hash: "5be6a7d88756753dddde110e4136b552b6d78519a1023ba71505f5aad860e5e5"
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 887 (2024) — HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates the Bayou Bienvenue bridge on Louisiana Highway 47 in Chalmette, Louisiana, as the "Senator Samuel B. Nunez Crossing"

## Version chain

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

1. **HB887 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361131)
2. **HB887 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381939)
3. **HB887 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363254)
4. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3158, Connick, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372324)
5. **HB887 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377130)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1186) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#681) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#476) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Bayham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 459. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Reported favorably (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/2606cc10-b277-40d3-8754-d8ea44b6ab5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).