SB 101 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 384 as "Daniel Edward Didelot Memorial Highway" and a portion of Louisiana Highway 436 as the "Bill "Bleu" Evans Memorial Highway". (8/1/26)

SB 101 designates a specific stretch of Louisiana Highway 384 in Calcasieu Parish (from Big Diamond Disposal Road to N. Precht Road) as the "Daniel Edward Didelot Memorial Highway." The bill requires the Department of Transportation to install and maintain signage for this designation only if local or private funds cover the actual costs, capped at $750 per sign for materials and installation. This is a commemorative measure with no direct policy impact on state funding or regulations, solely honoring an individual through highway naming.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Signed May 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB101 Original → SB101 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to designate two separate highway memorials instead of one. The original text designated a portion of Highway 384 in Calcasieu Parish for Daniel Edward Didelot, while the Act adds a designation for Highway 436 in Washington Parish for Bill "Bleu" Evans. The Act also corrects a clerical error in the title, changing the location description from Calcasieu Parish to Cameron Parish for the Didelot memorial.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from designating a single highway memorial to designating two distinct highway memorials in different parishes.

SCOPE

Added a new designation for a portion of Louisiana Highway 436 in Washington Parish as the "Bill 'Bleu' Evans Memorial Highway".

Modified the designation for the "Daniel Edward Didelot Memorial Highway" to change the parish from Calcasieu to Cameron.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the bill title and Section 1 to reflect the addition of the second highway memorial and the corrected parish name.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2026 · House May 6, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed

Total votes 39

Mar 17, 2026

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

28 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Mar 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors