HB 462 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District

HB 462 reorganizes the governance structure of Louisiana's Capital Area Road and Bridge District by specifying how its seven-member board of commissioners is appointed. The bill requires the Department of Transportation secretary, each parish president in the district (or their designee), a governor-appointed resident, and appointments from both House and Senate members representing the district's parishes. It mandates that the House speaker and Senate president appoint representatives "as practicable" from each parish within the district. This bill directly affects how the district's transportation infrastructure management is overseen, without changing funding or construction policies. The bill is procedural, focusing solely on board composition and appointment rules.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 26, 2026 Signed May 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB462 Original → HB462 Act 301 · 3 edits

MINOR

HB 462 was enacted as Act 301, significantly reducing the number of legislative appointees to the Capital Area Road and Bridge District board. The bill lowered the maximum number of House and Senate appointees from five to two per chamber and added a requirement to appoint at least one senator from each parish in the district, ensuring more balanced geographic representation.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Capital Area Road and Bridge District, but the composition of its governing board has been altered to include fewer total legislators and a stricter geographic distribution requirement for Senate appointees.

REQUIREMENT

Reduced the maximum number of House representatives appointed to the board from five to two.

Reduced the maximum number of Senate senators appointed to the board from five to two.

Added a mandate that the Senate president must appoint at least one senator from each of the parishes comprising the district.

Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2026 · House Apr 1, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

May 11, 2026

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

May 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 27, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

Apr 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (13-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors