LouisianaLawmakers request extra backup motors for Saint Claude Avenue Bridge
Louisiana lawmakers ask the Port of New Orleans to buy extra motors for the Saint Claude Avenue Bridge to help shorten closures.
What it does
The Port of New Orleans is urged to quickly buy extra backup motors for the Saint Claude Avenue Bridge. This request does not require a purchase.
Argument forKeeping spare motors ready could help the Port replace failed equipment sooner, shortening bridge closures for drivers.
Argument againstBuying extra motors could use Port resources for equipment that may sit unused between bridge motor failures.
More detail
Louisiana lawmakers ask the Port of New Orleans to buy additional backup motors for the bridge. The request covers the Saint Claude Avenue Bridge in New Orleans, which connects Orleans Parish and Saint Bernard Parish. The resolution urges a purchase but does not require one. The resolution asks the Port to act quickly but sets no fixed purchase deadline.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 5Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.Latest
- Jun 1Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1830). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 31Called from the Calendar.
- Vote recorded CONCUR (#1592). Result: pass.Upper
- May 31Senate amendments read and adopted. Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.Passed 2nd Chamber
- May 31Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 31Scheduled for concurrence on 06/01/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended.
- May 26Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 21Reported favorably.Minor
- May 12Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- May 11Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 7Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL CONSIDERATION (#955). Result: pass.Lower
- May 7Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 87, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.Passed 1st Chamber
- Apr 27Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 27Notice given.
- Apr 27Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- Apr 22Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 22Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
- Apr 21Reported favorably (12-0).Minor
- Mar 25Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.Minor
- Mar 24Read by title. Lies over under the rules.Introduced
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