HB 1157 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides for funding to certain entities for infrastructure related projects within the Department of Transportation and Development (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

HB 1157 authorizes funding for infrastructure projects within the Department of Transportation and Development, directly impacting the entities that receive these resources. The bill includes several technical amendments that adjust legal phrasing, renumber specific clauses, and modify the duration of certain obligations from "Perpetual" to "Maintain perpetual." These changes refine the administrative structure and language of the funding provisions without altering the core purpose of providing financial support for transportation initiatives.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Mar 31, 2026 Signed May 29, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB1157 Original HB1157 Act 581 · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was finalized and enrolled as Act No. 581, incorporating a co-sponsor and updating the legislative title. Substantively, the text was reorganized to transfer the Louisiana State Infrastructure Bank to the Governor's office and restructure the Louisiana State Infrastructure Fund into specific accounts for highways, transit, and rail, clarifying their funding sources and usage restrictions.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded by adding a representative co-sponsor and shifting the Infrastructure Bank's administrative oversight from the Department of Transportation to the Governor's office.
SCOPE

Representative Chassion was added as a co-sponsor to the bill.

The Louisiana State Infrastructure Bank was transferred to the Governor's office, removing it from the Department of Transportation.

FISCAL

The fund structure was reorganized into distinct special accounts for highways, transit, and rail, with specific rules on where monies can be deposited and used.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and wording adjustments were made throughout the text, including changing 'create' to 'establish' and updating the page count.

Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2026 · House Apr 28, 2026

How they voted

340
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 40
May 20, 2026
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican28
23 Yea 5
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
6
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (19-0).
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Apr 1, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors