Agenda - Transportation, Highways and Public Works

Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works
May 14, 2025 1:00 p.m. Room E
Scheduled

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	Approve minutes dated May 8, 2025
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SR89	DUPLESSIS	TRAFFIC - Request the Department of Transportation and Development to study the South Claiborne Avenue Development.
		SR91	MIZELL	MOTOR VEHICLES - Requests the office of motor vehicles to study the feasibility of including blood type on driver's licenses, permits and identification cards.
		SB155	STINE	MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for emergency vehicle equipment for licensed surgeons. (8/1/25)
		SB216	HODGES	TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requires the Department of Transportation and Development to use certain bidding process to discourage delays and incentivize the early completion of road construction projects. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
		HB119	DESHOTEL	MOTOR VEHICLES - Decreases the minimum light transmission percentage allowable for the front side window tint of motor vehicles
		HB170	COX	MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL - Removes the requirement that taxi cab drivers obtain a chauffeur's license (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)
		HB180	THOMPSON	HIGHWAYS - Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 425 in Richland Parish as "Sheriff Gary Lynn Gilley Memorial Highway"
		HB209	BRASS	PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Provides relative to the financing structure for public works projects in Ascension Parish
		HB524	SPELL	PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides relative to fire departments and public safety departments or agencies entering into an agreement with group purchasing organizations
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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