LouisianaLouisiana names Covington highway bridge for Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese
Louisiana law names a Covington bridge for Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese and requires signs if local or private money covers their cost.
What it does
The elevated part of U.S. Highway 190 over the Bogue Falaya River in Covington bears the name Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge.
The transportation department or its contractors must put up and maintain signs with the bridge’s name if local or private money covers the cost, up to $2,250 per sign.
Argument forThe memorial name could help drivers and residents remember Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese at a local landmark.
Argument againstSigns could be delayed if local or private money does not cover the department’s actual costs.
More detail
Louisiana law names the elevated highway portion the Lance Corporal Justin D. McLeese Memorial Bridge. The name applies to the elevated portion of U.S. Highway 190 over the Bogue Falaya River in Covington, St. Tammany Parish.
The Department of Transportation and Development or its contractors must put up and maintain signs showing the bridge’s name. The department must receive local or private money equal to its actual sign costs before it is required to put up and maintain the signs. Covered costs include materials, sign fabrication, posts, and installation. The cost may not exceed $2,250 per sign.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 800.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 27Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 26Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 26Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 26Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 25Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1220). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded CO-AUTHORS (#1221). Result: pass.Upper
- 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 21Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Apr 20Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 15Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#531). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 15Called from the calendar.
- Apr 15Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 7Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 7Notice given.
- Apr 7Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
- Apr 1Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 31Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 30Reported favorably (12-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 25Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 25Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Introduced
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