HB 657 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways

This bill designates two specific segments of Louisiana Highway 182 as memorial highways: the portion in Jeanerette between Hubertville Road and Canal Street as the "Berwick 'BJ' LeJeune, Jr. Memorial Highway," and the segment between Jeanerette and Sorrel (from LA 671 to LA 318) as the "Ret. Judge Richard T. 'Dickey' Haik, Sr. Memorial Highway." It requires the Department of Transportation to install signage for these designations, funded entirely by local or private contributions covering costs up to $750 per sign. The bill has no substantive policy changes beyond naming these highway sections and establishing a cost-recovery mechanism for signage.
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 27, 2026 Signed May 22, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB657 Original HB657 Act 310 · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to add three new highway designations in New Iberia and St. Martinville, while expanding the list of sponsors from one representative to twenty-three. The original text also included a digest section explaining the bill's purpose, which was removed in the final enrolled version.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include three additional highway designations in New Iberia and St. Martinville, in addition to the original designation in Jeanerette.
SCOPE

Added a designation for a portion of Highway 182 in New Iberia as the 'Ret. Judge Richard 'Dickey' Haik, Sr. Highway'.

Added a designation for a portion of Highway 182 in New Iberia as the 'Col. Terry C. Landry, Sr. Highway'.

Added a designation for a portion of Highway 96 in St. Martinville as the 'Phillip 'Poppa' Dauterive III Memorial Highway'.

ELIGIBILITY

Expanded the list of bill sponsors from Representative Bryant to include twenty-three representatives.

TECHNICAL

Removed the legislative digest and original version headers from the final enrolled text.

Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2026 · House Mar 18, 2026

How they voted

360
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 7, 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

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. 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
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors

Sponsors