---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHWAYS: Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 171 in DeSoto Parish as the \"Chris Gray Memorial Highway\""
description: "HIGHWAYS: Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 171 in DeSoto Parish as the \"Chris Gray Memorial Highway\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "Louisiana HB 343 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Bagley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-29"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d00c58ba-0e4c-4697-a10e-a0326352cc63"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244241"
source_hash: "347a0030dd0a7b6b3a42614c3d404869ad66e36fce4ac351c84dd645936b01a0"
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 343 (2023) — HIGHWAYS: Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 171 in DeSoto Parish as the "Chris Gray Memorial Highway"

## Version chain

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

1. **HB343 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1307852)
2. **HB343 Act 143** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332111)
3. **HB343 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311197)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1893, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323462)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1932, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323677)
6. **HB343 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328285)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#491) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#789) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#29) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry Bagley — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 143. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2023.
- **2023-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-18** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2023.
- **2023-04-13** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d00c58ba-0e4c-4697-a10e-a0326352cc63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).