REVENUE SHARING: Provides for the Revenue Sharing Distribution for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
HB 291 establishes the specific revenue sharing distribution for Louisiana parishes for the fiscal year 2024-2025. The bill directly affects local governments by allocating a total of $90 million in state funds, with amounts varying significantly based on each parish's population and needs. Key provisions include detailed line-item allocations for every parish, such as $8.6 million for East Baton Rouge and $6.8 million for Orleans, while also adjusting specific financial figures through several amendments. This legislation provides the financial framework for how state tax revenues are distributed to local communities to support their operations and services.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 28, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2024 · House Apr 25, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (18-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
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