republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/sb-44.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Louisiana SB 44 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Rogers Pope"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69c3b8c8-d00b-4ee5-8bb9-2d58068adf07"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244006"
source_hash: "3075380f2c0a033f2a16e4a6ac8d474d9198aa06b37058736503cf6f64d14634"
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 44 (2023) — ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB44 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1304891)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2488, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328601)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #2986, Schamerhorn, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322399)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3598, Carter, Robby, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326053)
5. **SB44 Act 321** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332539)
6. **SB44 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316922)
7. **SB44 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331835)

## Votes

- REJECT (#513) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#708) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#255) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1185) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#983) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Rogers Pope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date 6/12/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 321. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Conference committee report received.
- **2023-06-06** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-05** House conferees appointed: Gadberry, Wright, and Gregory Miller.
- **2023-05-30** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-05-30** Senate conference committee members appointed: Pope, McMath, and Smith.
- **2023-05-30** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2023-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-05-26** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69c3b8c8-d00b-4ee5-8bb9-2d58068adf07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).