LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District
HB 286 repeals existing Louisiana law (R.S. 33:7728) governing the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District. The bill removes the district's independent authority to control its own spending, prohibits it from extending services beyond its defined boundaries, and ends its ability to cover certain employee health insurance claims. These changes directly affect the St. Tammany Mosquito Abatement District by altering its operational powers and financial management. The bill does not create new services or funding but modifies the district's legal framework.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 23, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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MINOR
This bill repeals the entire existing statute (R.S. 33:7728) governing the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District. The change effectively eliminates the current legal framework that defined the district's powers, funding rules, and operational boundaries, replacing it with no specific statutory provisions in this act.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed from maintaining an active regulatory framework for the mosquito abatement district to completely removing that framework from the state code.
REQUIREMENT
Removed all statutory requirements and authority previously granted to the St. Tammany Mosquito Abatement District, including rules on fund expenditure, service agreements with other municipalities, health insurance claim payments, and boundary adjustments.
Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2026 · House Apr 1, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 6, 2026
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 27, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 23, 2026
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 Berault
RRepublican
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