LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association and New Orleans City Park Police
This bill updates the laws governing the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association and its police force, clarifying how the park is managed and who oversees it. It establishes a board of commissioners that includes state officials and elected representatives from the local districts where the park is located. The legislation also defines the powers of the park police, specifying their duties and the conditions under which they serve. Additionally, it outlines rules for contracting with private nonprofit groups to help operate and maintain the park's facilities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2024 · House Apr 17, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stephanie Hilferty
RRepublican
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