Agenda - Transportation, Highways and Public Works

House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
April 21, 2026 9:30 a.m. Room 3
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HCR32	BAYHAM	PORTS/NEW ORLEANS - Urges and requests the Port of New Orleans to secure additional backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge
	HB493	ROBBY CARTER	FLOODING/CONTROL - Prohibits expropriation by the board of commissioners of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District in East Feliciana and St. Helena Parishes
	HB679	VENTRELLA	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for a special identification card designation for citizens with traumatic brain injury
	HB745	VILLIO	WEIGHTS/MEASURES - Extends the existence of special permits for the operation of a combination of vehicles or tandem loads hauling containers to and from port facilities
	HB896	BRAUD	HIGHWAYS - Requires toll signage, toll dispute procedures, and toll customer service centers at all toll facilities within a certain radius (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)
	HB1000	BRAUD	TRANSPORTATION DEPT - Modifies certain operations within the Department of Transportation and Development and the Highway Priority Program
	HB1024	MURRAY	MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Louisiana Democratic Party" special prestige license plate
	HB1050	SCHAMERHORN	MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Modifies provisions relative to certain requirements for commercial driver's licenses
	HB1159	COX	TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Provides relative to use of automated and electronic speed enforcement devices for the issuance of citations
	HB1172	CARRIER	HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of United States Highway 165 in Oberlin, Louisiana, as the "Kulyn Brooks Manuel Memorial Highway"
	HB1173	MURRAY	MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE - Provides with respect to installment agreements entered into through the Reinstatement Relief Program operated by the office of motor vehicles
	HB1207	DESHOTEL	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides relative to selection of contractors by public entities
	HB1208	MCMAKIN	MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for law enforcement use of fleet camera systems to issue citations for certain traffic offenses
	HB1218	BERAULT	HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1090 as the "Louis 'Pat' Miramon Memorial Highway"
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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