HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 10 from the Washington-Tangipahoa Parish line extending east to the Louisiana-Mississippi state line as the "Veterans Park Memorial Highway"
HB 355 designates a specific segment of Louisiana Highway 10 (from the Washington-Tangipahoa Parish line east to the Louisiana-Mississippi state line) as the "Veterans Park Highway." The bill requires the Department of Transportation to install signage for this designation only if local or private funds cover the costs, up to $750 per sign. This is a commemorative naming bill with no substantive policy changes, directly affecting signage along that highway segment.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 24, 2026
Signed May 15, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Act No. 154, changing the official name of the highway designation from 'Veterans Park Highway' to 'Veterans Park Memorial Highway'. The substantive policy requirements regarding signage installation and funding limits remained unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; it continues to designate a specific stretch of Louisiana Highway 10 in Washington Parish.
DEFINITION
The official name of the designated highway was changed from 'Veterans Park Highway' to 'Veterans Park Memorial Highway'.
TECHNICAL
The bill text was updated to reflect its status as an enrolled Act (Act No. 154) rather than an original draft, including the addition of signatures from the Speaker, President of the Senate, and Governor.
Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2026 · House Mar 17, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
May 12, 2026
D
Democratic12
75% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 4, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 17, 2026
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
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (14-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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