2026 Regular Session
HB681
Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District in Orleans 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 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
3 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 681 FINAL PASSAGE (#287)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
89 yea–3 nay · 13 absent
May 13, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 681 HB 681 BY HILFERTY (#839)
Passed
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
May 13, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 681 FINAL PASSAGE (#840)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent
Committee referrals
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Local & Municipal Affairs
February 27, 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. 589 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 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (14-0).
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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 2/27/2026.
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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.