Agenda - Transportation, Highways and Public Works

Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
March 25, 2026 1:00 p.m. Room E
Scheduled
* Agenda Revised March 24, 2026, 2:51 pm * Revision Notes: Added SB 72; Removed SB 171, 263, & 271

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	Consider and approve the meeting minutes dated March 18, 2026.
BUSINESS
	Consider the use of the Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) method for Lafayette Consolidated Government for the construction of a new Northeast Branch Library in Lafayette, Louisiana pursuant to R.S. 38:2225.2.4.
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SB72	HODGES	MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for electronic signatures for vehicle titles. (8/1/26)
		SB104	KLEINPETER	ROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the "Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (OR +$1,500 SG EX See Note)
		SB114	HODGES	MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for a prestige license plate for the Foundation for Moral Law. (8/1/26)
		SB129	FOIL	MOTOR VEHICLES - Creates the "Master Combat Infantryman" specialty license plate. (8/1/26)
		SB151	MIZELL	MOTOR VEHICLES - Authorizes the office of motor vehicles to flag the license of an individual who is in the Combined DNA Index System. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
		SB170	PRESSLY	PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides for requirements for commissioners of the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
		SB252	PRESSLY	DONATIONS - Provides for anatomical gift authorization on driver's license. (1/1/27) (OR +$200,000 SG EX See Note)
		SB412	CLOUD	ROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 13 in Evangeline Parish as the "Roy Chaffin "Bayou Boogie" Memorial Highway". (8/1/26)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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