LouisianaLouisiana places ports commission in state transportation office
The Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission is placed within the state transportation department’s Office of Multimodal Commerce.
What it does
The Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission is placed in the Office of Multimodal Commerce within the Department of Transportation and Development.
Argument forPlacing the ports commission in the transportation department could help it coordinate port planning with other state transportation work.
Argument againstMoving the commission into the transportation department could make its work less separate from the department overseeing state transportation.
More detail
The law places the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission in the Office of Multimodal Commerce within the Department of Transportation and Development. This placement applies to the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission.
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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. 873.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 29Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 28Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1525). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 28Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 26Rules suspended.
- May 26Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18Reported 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 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#780). 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 engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 23Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
- Apr 22Reported with amendments (15-0).Minor
- Mar 31Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Mar 30Read by title. Lies over under the rules.Introduced
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