---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. (8/1/24)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Louisiana SB 379 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Miguez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-11"
last_action: "2024-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a33c5c-2518-4473-8e94-7d332ebfdf41"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246677"
source_hash: "d923718b7c7dae1b64fa420b8c4b0f9f1d00acb4614f4bf9476bec4157cd5c59"
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 SB 379 (2024) — TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB379 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353536)
2. **SB379 Act 127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378110)
3. **SB379 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361999)
4. **SB379 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373907)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1003) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#264) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Miguez — primary (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 127. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-14** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-13** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-22** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-03** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1a33c5c-2518-4473-8e94-7d332ebfdf41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).