HIGHWAYS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study road conditions on particular roadways that intersect with United States Highway 61
This concurrent resolution asks the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to study road conditions at specific intersections along United States Highway 61, particularly in East Baton Rouge and St. John Parishes. The request focuses on areas with high accident rates and fatalities, such as Airline Highway, and aims to evaluate potential improvements like removing traffic signals or adding sidewalks and bike lanes. The Department is required to submit a report detailing its findings to the state legislature's transportation committees by August 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Governor
Introduced May 20, 2024
Last action Jun 4, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2024 · House May 30, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
2
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.
upper
May 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 92, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Discharged from the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
May 20, 2024
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sylvia Taylor
DDemocratic
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