SB 408 Louisiana Senate · 2024 Regular Session

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for economic development districts. (8/1/24)

This bill amends the existing legal framework for special districts by removing a specific placeholder text from the statute. The change directly affects the drafting and maintenance of laws governing economic development districts, ensuring the text is clean and ready for final passage. By deleting the placeholder, the legislation clarifies the statutory language without introducing new policies or altering the core function of these districts. This procedural update is a necessary step in the legislative process to finalize the bill before it becomes effective law.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Vetoed
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 26, 2024 Vetoed Jun 20, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2024 · House May 23, 2024

How they voted

360
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Apr 9, 2024
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican25
24 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jun 20, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
upper
May 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 23. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 21, 2024
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 26, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Cleo Fields
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
LA
14