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type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 640"
citation: "Louisiana HB 640 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Bourriaque"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac34e3b6-8598-4550-82fb-c446608d8b22"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248843"
source_hash: "d06201a860bca4df9975011e229bfd6f6b9bc5ea2cbe9ef7c7c393c6c6828ab1"
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 640 (2025) — TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Establishes the office of Louisiana Highway Construction (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB640 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406107)
2. **HB640 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426013)
3. **HB640 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406317)
4. **HB640 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411881)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1695, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410755)
6. **HB640 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423915)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#198) — **962** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#819) — **160** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#818) — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ryan Bourriaque — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 06/20/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 389. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-06-04** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-06** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
- **2025-04-28** Notice given.
- **2025-04-28** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
- **2025-04-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 621 reported by the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works (12-1).
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac34e3b6-8598-4550-82fb-c446608d8b22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).