2026 Regular Session
HB162
Provides relative to the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Dislikes
GENERAL OBJECTION TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS Special districts already represent an expansion of specialized governmental authority, often operating with independent funding and limited oversight. Special district within the boundaries of an existing political subdivision add another layer of government with overlapping authority, funding, and responsibility. This fragmentation reduces transparency and makes it more difficult for citizens to understand who is accountable for decisions and spending. The legislature should avoid creating parallel governing structures where existing local government already has jurisdiction.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 22, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 162 FINAL PASSAGE (#664)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
92 yea–0 nay · 13 absent
May 19, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 162 FINAL PASSAGE (#1006)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
34 yea–0 nay · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 27, 2026 · Senate
Local & Municipal Affairs
February 13, 2026 · House
Municipal
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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House Becomes Act No. 604 without the Governor's signature.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Senate Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (12-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
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House Prefiled.