---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION: Reforms operations for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION: Reforms operations for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Louisiana HB 556 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Bourriaque"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc4310ed-55ba-46cd-a71e-58058b611fed"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248602"
source_hash: "d1985dc05ff53b94f1a9b82bbf0a195be14f856aa550f3d10e911a7c2d2212b7"
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 556 (2025) — TRANSPORTATION: Reforms operations for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB556 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404340)
2. **HB556 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426002)
3. **HB556 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405792)
4. **HB556 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411720)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1100, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404951)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1233, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405650)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2194, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411027)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #566, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405960)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2787, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421410)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2888, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421787)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3162, Connick, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423435)
12. **HB556 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424689)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#195) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1193) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#817) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Bourriaque — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 380. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-11** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-06-11** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2025-06-10** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/11/2025.
- **2025-06-10** Notice given.
- **2025-06-10** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
- **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-04-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
- **2025-04-30** Notice given.
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-04-30** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2025.
- **2025-04-24** Notice given.
- **2025-04-24** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.
- **2025-04-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc4310ed-55ba-46cd-a71e-58058b611fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).