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type: "Bill"
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title: "TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to the Regional Transit Authority"
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description: "TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to the Regional Transit Authority"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 544"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 544 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Delisha Boyd"]
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version_count: 13
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b93d47ea-acf8-4d78-8983-0579dfa2ae8c"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246302"
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source_hash: "4074285ae120deca873b0833741a54e93171712c88010b521e4174f0796d5598"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 544 (2024) — TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to the Regional Transit Authority
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB544 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351531)
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2. **HB544 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381954)
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3. **HB544 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361270)
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4. **HB544 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363530)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #2173, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360693)
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6. **House Committee Amendment, #2183, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361053)
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7. **House Floor Amendment, #2435, Boyd, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362616)
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8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1512, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361721)
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9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2798, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370451)
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10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2872, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370919)
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11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3450, Carter, Gary, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373944)
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12. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3010, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371611)
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13. **HB544 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377611)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#311) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1182) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 544 BY BOYD (#667) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Delisha Boyd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
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- **2024-06-03** Becomes Act No. 474 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
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- **2024-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2024-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2024-05-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/21/2024.
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- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2024-05-13** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2024-05-07** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-06** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2024-05-01** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2024-04-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2024.
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- **2024-04-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-02** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b93d47ea-acf8-4d78-8983-0579dfa2ae8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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