2026 Regular Session
HB247
Creates the Allen Parish Economic Development District and abolishes the Allen Parish Tourist Commission
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 THE CREATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS The creation of additional economic development districts expands layers of government with independent funding mechanisms that often operate with limited transparency and accountability. These districts can divert tax revenue away from core public services while concentrating decision-making in unelected or lightly supervised bodies.
Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 1, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 247 FINAL PASSAGE (#272)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
78 yea–6 nay · 21 absent
April 1, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 247 FINAL PASSAGE (#272)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
79 yea–6 nay · 20 absent
May 6, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 247 FINAL PASSAGE (#641)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–2 nay · 2 absent
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 247 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1081)
Passed
100 yea–0 nay · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Local & Municipal Affairs
February 20, 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. 398 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 Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
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House Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Senate The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 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 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (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 2/20/2026.
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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.