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Votes at a glance: committee moves several local bills including park governance, district changes and facility namings

April 30, 2025 | 2025 Legislature LA, Louisiana


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Votes at a glance: committee moves several local bills including park governance, district changes and facility namings
After an extended hearing on HB 649, the committee voted on and advanced several distinct bills and administrative measures. Most were noncontroversial; several required technical amendments and one (a New Orleans housing measure) was voluntarily deferred by its sponsor amid objections from local officials.

Key outcomes recorded in the transcript:

- HB 69 (Delmont neighborhood / prevention district, East Baton Rouge Parish): Motion to move favorably carried by voice vote; committee moved the bill to the House floor.

- HB 73 (East Feliciana Gas District compensation): Motion to report favorably carried; committee forwarded the local pay-change measure.

- HB 92 (Name the Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory after Beau Duhe): Motion carried; committee approved the naming resolution and forwarded it to the floor.

- HB 106 (Gentilly Development District boundary change, Orleans Parish): A technical amendment to update a street name was accepted; bill reported favorably.

- HB 97 and HB 107 (economic development districts in Gretna and Saint Martinville): Committee adopted technical amendments removing language that might authorize property acquisition by unelected entities and reported both bills favorably as amended.

- HB 446 (judicial review of land use / clarify statutory standards): Sponsor's amendment to clarify the court's grounds for reversing planning and zoning decisions was accepted; the committee reported the bill favorably.

- HB 86 (BREC commission membership): The committee adopted amendments that change how commissioners are appointed and allocate seats to reflect population distribution; the amended bill was reported favorably.

- HB 562 (cost recovery for certain emergency services): Sponsor-led amendments broadened reimbursement authority and clarified which nonprofit and contracted providers may seek reimbursement; the committee reported the bill favorably.

- HB 339 (New Orleans affordable housing / Low-Income Housing Tax Credit process): Sponsor Representative Landry voluntarily deferred the bill after public comment and objections from the New Orleans City Council and other stakeholders.

- HB 192 (extend sunset for an existing measure): Committee approved an extension; vote carried.

Most of the measures advanced with either voice votes or unanimous consent after technical changes and clarifying amendments. Where recorded roll-call votes occurred, committee clerks read the counts into the record. Several bills included amendments deleting or narrowing broad language that could have allowed unelected bodies to buy property or override local land-use procedures.

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