HR 306 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

TRANSPORTATION: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to establish the Urban Infrastructure Planning Task Force

HR 306 is a legislative resolution urging Louisiana's Department of Transportation and Development to create an Urban Infrastructure Planning Task Force. The task force would identify key infrastructure needs in urban areas, assess project feasibility and impacts, and evaluate how projects improve residents' quality of life. It would include city leaders, engineers, and university students from major Louisiana cities like New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport, with mandatory reports due to the House Transportation Committee by 2025, 2027, and 2029. This resolution directly affects Louisiana cities facing infrastructure backlogs, safety concerns, and slow project completion, aiming to improve planning for roads, bridges, and public projects.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 8, 2025 Last action Jun 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HR306 Original → HR306 Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 10, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was expanded from a general request to establish an Urban Infrastructure Planning Task Force into a detailed resolution that specifies the task force's duties, membership, and reporting timeline. The enrolled version adds specific requirements for the task force to assess financial feasibility and impacts, defines its composition with representatives from major Louisiana cities and universities, and sets a hard deadline for submitting a 2030 infrastructure report.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a general request to a specific mandate with defined membership, duties, and a strict reporting deadline.

REQUIREMENT

Added a specific deadline requiring the task force to submit a written infrastructure report for 2030 to the House committee by December 13, 2025.

Added a requirement for the task force to assess the financial feasibility and potential impacts of urban infrastructure projects.

Added a requirement for the task force to evaluate how infrastructure projects improve the quality of life for Louisiana citizens.

ELIGIBILITY

Added specific members to the task force, including representatives from Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Jefferson Parish, and graduate students from multiple universities.

SCOPE

Changed the document from a general House Resolution to an Enrolled version with more detailed text, including specific citations to infrastructure reports and consent decrees.

Floor votes · House Jun 10, 2025

How they voted

89–0

Passed · 13 other

Total votes 102

Jun 10, 2025

D Democratic31

27 Yea 4

87% Yea

R Republican71

62 Yea 9

87% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jun 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The resolution was adopted.

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor