republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-608.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides for $100,000 death benefit for an employee of the Department of Transportation and Development who is killed in a hazardous situation in the course and scope of his employment (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides for $100,000 death benefit for an employee of the Department of Transportation and Development who is killed in a hazardous situation in the course and scope of his employment (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 608"
citation: "Louisiana HB 608 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randal L. Gaines"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25817464-ff42-4d06-9836-bd3e14114e9a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240582"
source_hash: "a3357da022df025157b6d34b7038e1fa3adf0a8c136879076cf0b547f568f58b"
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 608 (2021) — TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides for $100,000 death benefit for an employee of the Department of Transportation and Development who is killed in a hazardous situation in the course and scope of his employment (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB608 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212163)
2. **HB608 Act 475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236389)
3. **HB608 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222564)
4. **HB608 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225430)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2793, Gaines, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223827)
6. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3278, Price, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231202)
7. **HB608 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233571)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1133) — **74–19** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#829) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#482) — **53–41** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO RECONSIDER (#1134) — **72–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1135) — **56–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randal L. Gaines — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-29** Effective date: 06/29/2021.
- **2021-06-29** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 475. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 56, nays 42, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, reconsidered.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 19, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-06** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-17** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 53, nays 41. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-17** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2021.
- **2021-05-11** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25817464-ff42-4d06-9836-bd3e14114e9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).