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HB776Introduced in the House

Modifies the Port Construction and Development Priority Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Passed

Introduced by Ryan Bourriaque, District 47

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Modifies the Port Construction and Development Priority Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Where it stands

Effective date: 08/01/2026.

June 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Vote on HB 776 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1831) · June 1, 2026

94

Yes

0

No

11

Absent or Not Voting

105 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Danny McCormick1Yes
Steven Jackson2Yes
Tammy Phelps3Yes
Joy Walters4Absent
Dennis Bamburg5Yes
Michael Melerine6Yes
Lawrence Bagley7Absent
Raymond Crews8Yes
Dodie Horton9Yes
Wayne McMahen10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  3. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  4. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  5. Reported with amendments (15-0).

  6. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

  8. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  10. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  11. Reported with amendments.

  12. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  14. Rules 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.

  15. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  16. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

  17. Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  18. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  19. House conferees appointed: Bourriaque, Fontenot, and Martinez.

  20. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  21. Discharged from Conference Committee.

  22. Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.

  23. Notice Senate discharged the Conference Committee.

  24. Rules suspended.

  25. Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  26. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  27. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  28. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  29. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 836.

  30. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

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