republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-540.md

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Bill	PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)	PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2023	HB 540	Louisiana HB 540 (2023)	bill		enacted	Blake Miguez	11	24	3	2023-03-31	2023-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/593581fe-58bf-49f9-9312-89793b33240b	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244515	a39cb926389738f5e0cb17095f8df50fb85cbaabb7cfc80f1ea363f2c9d4a9ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 540 (2023) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB540 Original (filed) — source
2. HB540 Act 441 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB540 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB540 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1034, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1144, THPW, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Amendment, #1341, Beaullieu, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. House Floor Amendment, #1343, Stefanski, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #1723, THPW, Draft (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Committee Amendment, #1936, THPW, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. HB540 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1096) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#42) — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#749) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Miguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-28 Effective date: 06/28/2023.
• 2023-06-28 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 441. became-law, executive-signature
• 2023-06-08 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2023-06-07 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2023-06-07 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2023-06-06 Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2023-06-05 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
• 2023-06-05 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2023-06-04 Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 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
• 2023-04-24 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2023-04-18 Called from the calendar.
• 2023-04-18 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2023-04-18 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2023.
• 2023-04-17 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2023-04-13 Reported with amendments (10-0). 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.
• 2023-03-31 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/593581fe-58bf-49f9-9312-89793b33240b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).