SB 239 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the St. Tammany Parish Development District. (8/1/25)

SB 239 establishes the St. Tammany Parish Development District, creating a governing board to manage development activities within the parish. The bill specifies the board's composition, including the parish president or designee, a regional board member selected by the parish council, and other key officials. This procedural bill directly affects St. Tammany Parish officials and regional commissions by defining their roles in the district's governance. It does not alter funding, services, or policy outcomes but sets the organizational structure for the new district. (1-2 sentences, as it is procedural).

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Apr 23, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB239 Original → SB239 Act 457 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates the governance structure for the St. Tammany Parish Development District by changing how board members are selected and defining the district's legal powers. It shifts member selection from a direct nomination process to one requiring approval by the St. Tammany Parish Council, ensuring greater local oversight. Additionally, the bill clarifies that the district has the authority to tax, incur debt, and issue bonds for economic development purposes.

Scope change

The bill expands the district's scope by explicitly granting it the power of taxation and the authority to issue debt and bonds for economic and industrial development, which were not clearly defined in the original text.

FISCAL

Explicitly grants the district the power of taxation and the authority to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds for economic development.

REQUIREMENT

Changes the board member selection process to require nominees to be submitted to and approved by the St. Tammany Parish Council, replacing the previous direct nomination method.

DEFINITION

Adds a specific exception allowing board members who are also officers or employees of the St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation to serve without conflict of interest concerns.

TECHNICAL

Updates the district's official trade name to 'St. Tammany Economic Development Corporation' and adjusts the formatting of the nominating committee composition.

Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2025 · House Jun 9, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 37

May 14, 2025

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

R Republican26

26 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.

upper

Jun 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Jun 8, 2025

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

Jun 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

May 19, 2025

Committee

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

lower

May 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors