HB 73 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the members of a board of commissioners of an East Feliciana Parish gas utility district

HB 73 amends the payment rate for members of the East Feliciana Parish gas utility district board of commissioners, changing the description from "dollars" to "dollars per day" in the existing law. This technical correction directly affects the commissioners of that specific utility district by clarifying their daily compensation rate. The bill does not alter the actual payment amount or introduce new policy provisions. It is a procedural adjustment to ensure precise language in the statute.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Signed Jun 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB73 Original → HB73 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the Louisiana Revised Statutes to increase the maximum daily pay (per diem) for members of the East Feliciana Parish gas utility district board from $75 to $250. It also clarifies that this higher rate applies to up to 24 regular meetings and two special meetings per year, while allowing reimbursement for necessary business expenses. The change is significant because it directly increases the compensation available to these local elected officials for their service.

Scope change

The bill's scope is narrowed to apply exclusively to the East Feliciana Parish gas utility district, whereas the original statute applied a lower $75 limit to all such districts in the state.

FISCAL

Increased the maximum per diem payment for board members from $75 to $250 per day.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that the $250 per diem limit applies to a maximum of 24 regular meetings and two special meetings per year.

TECHNICAL

Added the phrase 'per day' to the per diem limit and adjusted language regarding additional compensation for secretaries or treasurers to ensure clarity.

Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 7, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 37

May 29, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

25 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. 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 27, 2025

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

upper

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 14. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (13-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors