LouisianaLouisiana names a Shreveport highway for Virginia Green Evans
Louisiana names a stretch of Highway 1 in Shreveport for Virginia Green Evans and directs the transportation department to put up signs if local or private money covers the costs.
What it does
A stretch of Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, including its north and south lanes, bears the name Virginia Green Evans Memorial Highway.
The state transportation department or its contractors must install and maintain name signs if local or private money covers the department’s actual costs, up to $750 per sign.
Argument forNaming this stretch of road for Virginia Green Evans could help travelers recognize and remember her name.
Argument againstThe signs may not go up if local or private money does not cover the department’s costs, leaving travelers without signs showing the highway’s new name.
More detail
The law names the covered stretch the Virginia Green Evans Memorial Highway. It covers Louisiana Highway 1, including its north and south lanes, from the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Ravendale Drive to a point 1,300 feet north of Deer Park Road in Shreveport. The text states no separate start date for the designation.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, or its contractors, must put up and maintain signs showing the name. The signs must show the highway’s designated name. The department must receive local or private money equal to its actual costs for sign materials, fabrication, posts, and installation. The payment cannot exceed $750 per sign.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 783.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 28Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 27Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 27Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 26Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1484). Result: pass.Lower
- May 25Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
- May 20Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 19Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1030). Result: pass.Upper
- May 19Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Apr 27Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- Apr 21Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- Apr 20Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 15Reported with amendments.Minor
- Mar 25Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Mar 24Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#58). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 24Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Mar 23Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
- Mar 18Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 17Reported with amendments (10-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Feb 13Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 13Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Feb 13First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.Introduced
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