LouisianaLouisiana school boards get free passage on public toll routes
Louisiana school board vehicles can use covered public toll ferries, roads, and bridges for free once required rules are adopted.
What it does
Louisiana school boards get free passage for covered vehicles on public toll ferries, roads, and bridges. The Greater New Orleans Expressway is excluded, and rules must be adopted first.
Argument forFree passage could reduce toll costs for school boards when their vehicles travel on covered public routes.
Argument againstThe Greater New Orleans Expressway exclusion could leave school boards paying tolls there for vehicles that otherwise qualify for free passage.
More detail
The law provides free passage for covered school board vehicles on public toll ferries, roads, and bridges. It covers vehicles owned or leased and operated by Louisiana school boards on public ferries, roads, and bridges leased out or controlled by the state, a parish, or a municipality. The Greater New Orleans Expressway is excluded. Free passage depends on rules adopted under Subsection C. The act took effect when the governor signed it on June 8, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 829.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 06/08/2026.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 28Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 28Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 27Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1609). Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
- May 25Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 20Rules 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.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1078). Result: pass.Upper
- May 13Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 12Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 29Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Apr 28Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#776). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 28Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 23Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 23Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
- Apr 22Reported with amendments (15-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
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