Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
April 7, 2022
Upon Adjournment
Room E
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 6, 2022, 3:24 pm *
Revision Notes:
*Removes SB 137
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
June 1, 2021
June 3, 2021
March 23, 2022
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB19
MORRIS
TRAFFIC
- Provides for police officers to use electronic forms. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB52
ABRAHAM
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Designates the Black Bayou Bridge on Louisiana Highway 384 in Calcasieu Parish as the "Dorothy Carter Memorial Bridge". (gov sig) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
SB68
FRED MILLS
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS
- Provides relative to the Port of Iberia. (8/1/22)
SB79
BODI WHITE
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Designates a portion of LA 16 in St. Helena Parish as the "Trooper George Baker Memorial Highway". (8/1/22) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
SB108
WARD
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Provides relative to definition of utility terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles. (gov sig)
SB127
GARY CARTER
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Provides for certain advertising requirements for small purchase bids. (gov sig)
SB138
MORRIS
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Provides for the funding of certain projects from the Construction Subfund. (7/1/22) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
SB181
MCMATH
AIRCRAFT/AVIATION
- Provides for the definition of an airport sponsor and replaces engineer with sponsor for the approval, inspection, and certification of airport construction projects. (gov sig)
SB280
BERNARD
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT
- Provides relative to the Dam Safety Program. (gov sig)
SB316
CLOUD
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Prohibits alteration of a vehicle that causes a change in the trajectory of that vehicle's headlamps. (8/1/22)
SB436
CLOUD
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Creates the "Louisiana Equine Promotion and Research Advisory Board" special prestige license plate. (8/1/22)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
Discussion and status update by the Department of Transportation on the Interstate 12 high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.
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