republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-695.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION: Creates an overweight permit to transport earthen material for government funded levee projects (EN +$50,000 SD EX See Note)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION: Creates an overweight permit to transport earthen material for government funded levee projects (EN +$50,000 SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 695"
citation: "Louisiana HB 695 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Fontenot"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96876451-3b37-4fa8-bcc2-ba7391eb8209"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246535"
source_hash: "c1bbd5c684cc8b6246de2f50f6bd243d21bf47d2ff7fca63e1ed463c9a47524e"
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 695 (2024) — TRANSPORTATION: Creates an overweight permit to transport earthen material for government funded levee projects (EN +$50,000 SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB695 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352561)
2. **HB695 Act 631** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382360)
3. **HB695 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356301)
4. **HB695 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357773)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1457, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356074)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1471, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356156)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1740, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357654)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2444, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368730)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2446, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368734)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2448, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368735)
11. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2724, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370179)
12. **HB695 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380130)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1510) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#88) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#954) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Fontenot — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 631. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended.
- **2024-04-30** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-24** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2024.
- **2024-03-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Reported with amendments (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96876451-3b37-4fa8-bcc2-ba7391eb8209`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).