Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 120 — DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish

Last action — Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 11, 2026.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

29 added · 85 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 120, a line referencing "ACT No. 121" has been removed. This change simplifies the bill by eliminating unnecessary references, which can make it clearer and easier to understand. It matters because it helps focus the bill on its main objectives without clutter from unrelated or outdated information.

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HLS 26RS-46 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
120 BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYD DISTRICTS/CRIMEPREVENT:
120 BY REPRESENTATIVES BOYD, FREEMAN, DANA HENRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MURRAY, NEWELL, RISER, TAYLOR, AND WALTERS AN ACT To enact R.S.
CreatestheRealTimbersCrimePreventionandSecurity District in Orleans Parish AN ACT To enact R.S.
Thereis herebycreatedwithin theparishofOrleans,asmorespecifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a bodypolitic and corporate known as the RealTimbersCrimePreventionandImprovementDistrict,referredtointhisSection as the "district".
Thereis herebycreatedwithin theparish of Orleans, as morespecifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a bodypolitic and corporate known as the RealTimbersCrimePreventionandImprovementDistrict,referredtointhisSection as the "district".
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(5) To provide or enhance security patrols in the district and to provide for improved lighting, signage, or matters relating to the security and beautification of the district.
(5) To provide or enhance securitypatrols in the district and to provide for improved lighting, signage, or matters relating to the security and beautification of the district.
(8) Toacquireorleaseitems andsupplies thattheboarddeemsinstrumental to achieving the purposes of the district.
(8) Toacquireorleaseitems andsuppliesthattheboarddeemsinstrumental to achieving the purposes of the district.
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120 (2) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board.
120 ENROLLED (2) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board.
(4)(a) The fee shall be imposed onlyafter the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
(4)(a) The fee shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
The amount of the fee may be changed by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized in this Subsection.
The amount of the fee may be changed by duly adopted resolution of the board, not to exceedthe maximum amount authorized in this Subsection.
(b) The fee shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed five years, but the fee may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an electionasprovidedinSubparagraph(a)ofthis Paragraph.
(b) The fee shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed five years, but the fee may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an electionasprovidedinSubparagraph(a)ofthisParagraph.
Ifthefeeisrenewed,the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing the renewal, not to exceed five years.
Ifthefeeis renewed,the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing the renewal, not to exceed five years.
(6) Anyparcel fee which is unpaid shall be added to the tax rolls of the city and shall be enforced with the same authorityand subject to the same penalties and procedures as unpaid ad valorem taxes.
(6) Any parcel fee which is unpaid shall be added to the tax rolls of the city and shall be enforced with the same authority and subject to the same penalties and procedures as unpaid ad valorem taxes.
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120 (b) The city of New Orleans shall remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection.
120 ENROLLED (b) The city of New Orleans shall remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection.
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120 (3) To the fullest extent permitted by R.S.
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This Act shall become effective upon signature bythe governor or, if not signedbythegovernor,uponexpirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
This Act shall become effectiveupon signature bythe governor or, if not signedbythegovernor,uponexpirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
If vetoed bythe governorand subsequentlyapprovedbythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
If vetoed bythe governor and subsequentlyapprovedbythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 120 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Boyd Abstract:
CreatestheRealTimbersCrimePreventionandImprovementDistrictinOrleans Parish.
Proposed law creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Improvement District in Orleans Parish as a political subdivision for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the district.
Provides for district boundaries.
Proposed law provides that the district is governed by a seven-member board of commissioners composed as follows:
(1) The president, secretary, treasurer, and parliamentarian of the Real Timbers Homeowners Association (association).
(2) Three members appointed bythe association who shall be residents of the district.
Proposed law provides that appointed members serve five-year staggered terms.
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Proposed law provides for the powers and duties of the district, including but not limited to the following:
(1) To sue and be sued.
(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.
(3) To receive and expend funds collected pursuant to an authorized parcel fee and in accordance with an adopted budget.
(4) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public.
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120 (5) To provide or enhance security patrols in the district and to provide for improved lighting, signage,ormattersrelatingto thesecurityand beautification ofthedistrict.
(6) To enter into contracts and agreements for security, improvement, or betterment of the district, including with one or more other districts for the joint security, improvement, or betterment of all participating districts.
ProposedlawauthorizesthegoverningauthorityofthecityofNewOrleans,subjecttovoter approval,tolevyandcollectaparcelfeewithinthedistrict.
Providesthattheparcelfeeshall be a flat fee per parcel of land not to exceed $315 per parcel.
Defines "parcel" as a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, an individual tract, or a "condominium parcel" as defined in present law.
Proposedlawprovidesthatthefeeexpiresatthetimeprovidedinthepropositionauthorizing the fee, not to exceed five years.
Authorizes renewal of the fee, subject to voter approval, for a term as provided in the proposition authorizing the renewal, not to exceed five years.
Proposed law requires that the fee be collected in the same manner and at the same time as ad valorem taxes.
Authorizes the city to retain 1% of the amount collected.
Proposed law requires the district's board to adopt an annual budget in accordance with present law (R.S.
39:1301 et seq.) and provides that the district shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor.
Proposed law provides that it is the purpose and intent of proposed law that the additional law enforcement personnel and services provided for through the fees authorized by proposed law shall be supplemental to, and not in lieu of, personnel and services provided in thedistrict bythecityofNewOrleans.
Furtherprovidesthatifthedistrictceasesto exist, fundsofthedistrictshallbetransmittedto thecityofNewOrleans,andsuchfunds,together with other funds collected pursuant to proposed law, shall be maintained in a separate account and shall be used only to promote, encourage, and enhance the security of the area included in the district.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.

  2. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 121.

  3. Effective date: 05/11/2026.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  13. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. Reported favorably (13-0).

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  18. Prefiled.

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on · 13 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#634)

Passed 34 Yea · 2 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 23202
Democrat 10001
Total 34203
% of votes cast 87%5%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#260)

Passed 83 Yea · 13 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Republican 501107
Democrat 28002
Total 831309
% of votes cast 79%12%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Galle — Nay
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Not Voting
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Not Voting
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Nay
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Nay
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 120?
HB 120 is sponsored by Landry, T., Joy Walters (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Neil Riser (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Ed Murray (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Dana Henry (Democrat), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), and Delisha Boyd (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 120?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2026. Enacted.
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