2026 Regular Session
HB447
Creates the Avondale and Waggaman Economic Development District in Jefferson Parish
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
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 447 FINAL PASSAGE (#668)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
82 yea–11 nay · 12 absent
April 22, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 447 FINAL PASSAGE (#668)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
83 yea–11 nay · 11 absent
Committee referrals
April 27, 2026 · Senate
Local & Municipal Affairs
March 25, 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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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 83, nays 11. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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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 (13-0).
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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 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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House Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.