SB 380 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)

SB 380 creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Improvement District in a specific area of Orleans Parish bounded by Iowa Street, Amazon Street, Delaware Street, Memorial Park Drive, Kansas Street, and Hudson Street. The district, governed by a seven-member board appointed from the Real Timbers Homeowners Association and local residents, will collect an annual parcel fee (capped at $315 per property) approved by voters to fund security patrols, improved lighting, signage, and beautification projects. The fee is collected like property taxes and must be renewed via voter approval every five years. This district is explicitly designed to supplement, not replace, services provided by the New Orleans Police Department.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

Senate Floor Bureau Note, #912, Carter, Gary, Adopted → SB380 Act 597 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a Senate floor amendment draft into an official enrolled Act (No. 597), finalizing the creation of the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Improvement District in Orleans Parish. The text was cleaned of markup symbols and formatting artifacts to reflect the final legal language. The substantive policy content regarding the district's boundaries, governance structure, and funding remains consistent with the original amendment.

Scope change

The bill's scope is now formally enacted as state law rather than a proposed amendment, establishing the district as a permanent political subdivision.

TECHNICAL

Added official Act title, session information, and standard legislative preamble language required for enrolled bills.

Removed internal Senate floor amendment headers, page markers, and legislative markup symbols (e.g., strike-throughs and bold indicators) that were used during the drafting process.

Reformatted line breaks and spacing to match standard statutory text conventions, removing the specific amendment instruction 'On page 6, line 6, delete knowing' as the text was fully integrated.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2026 · House May 18, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 39

Mar 23, 2026

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

25 Yea 3

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 19. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 11, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

May 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Committee

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

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Mar 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors