HIGHWAYS: Provides for the use of golf carts on certain highways in the municipalities of Church Point, Lake Arthur, and Westlake
This bill allows golf carts to be driven on specific highways within the municipalities of Church Point, Lake Arthur, and Westlake. It authorizes local police chiefs to set the hours during which these vehicles may operate on those roads. The legislation also includes minor technical edits to the text, such as clarifying the definition of operating hours and adjusting punctuation in the official sections.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2024 · House Apr 24, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 15, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
12
Committee
13
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
May 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report received.
upper
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Bouie, Hensgens, and Stine.
upper
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (17-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brett Geymann
RRepublican
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