PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides for the confidentiality of documents related to local and parish economic development projects
This bill defines specific criteria for what counts as an economic development project, which directly affects local and parish governments managing such initiatives. To qualify under the law, a project must either create or retain a set number of permanent jobs in specific sectors or involve capital improvements of at least five million dollars. The legislation clarifies these requirements to determine which documents related to these projects remain confidential.
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 · House Apr 11, 2024
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 18, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 20 yeas and 18 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Steven Jackson
DDemocratic
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