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type: "Bill"
title: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Creates the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Creates the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 971"
citation: "Louisiana HB 971 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Wright"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-23"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6891b3ae-168d-4b42-8e87-b53e95da8036"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247359"
source_hash: "cf3f42b4daa5b1a6bd505a79a01a34db115bf96bacc949412e30a04829d62e07"
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 971 (2024) — PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Creates the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB971 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367895)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5276, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380232)
3. **HB971 Act 755** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382785)
4. **HB971 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367917)
5. **HB971 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371381)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #4069, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371036)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2438, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368719)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3509, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374153)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3510, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375027)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3668, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375057)
11. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3774, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375612)
12. **HB971 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381700)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1123) — **350** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1716) — **980** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1557) — **940** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#842) — **942** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1460) — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mark Wright — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 755. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-31** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-31** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-31** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-30** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-29** Senate conference committee members appointed: Abraham, Connick, and McMath.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-29** House conferees appointed: Wright, Bourriaque, and Braud.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/2024.
- **2024-04-30** Notice given.
- **2024-04-30** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 685 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (11-0).
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6891b3ae-168d-4b42-8e87-b53e95da8036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).