Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

HB 138 — DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD: Provides relative to the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Last action — Becomes Act No. 397 without the Governor's signature.

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

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 27, 2026.

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  • 1 sponsor

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    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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In plain language

Establishes the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish.

This legislation creates a designated district in East Baton Rouge Parish aimed at crime prevention and neighborhood improvement. It outlines the district's purpose and how it will function.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

101 added · 182 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to Bill HB 138 clarify the powers and duties of the East Baton Rouge Parish district's board of commissioners, specifically regarding how they can manage funds and collect a parcel fee. The revision solidifies the process for establishing the parcel fee, ensuring that it cannot be less than $100 or more than $150 per residential parcel per year, and emphasizes that any fee increase must be approved by local voters through a referendum. This matters because it increases transparency and accountability for financial decisions that affect community members directly.

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HLS 26RS-653 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
138 BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD:
138 BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.33:9097.29(E)(3),(F)(introductoryparagraph),(1),and(3),(G), and(H)andtoenactR.S.33:9097.29(I)and(J),relativetoEastBatonRougeParish;
Provides relative to the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.33:9097.29(E)(3),(F)(introductoryparagraph),(1),and(3),(G), and(H)andtoenactR.S.33:9097.29(I)and(J),relativetoEastBatonRougeParish;
33:9097.29(I) and (J) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
33:9097.29(I) and (J) are herebyenactedto read as follows:
Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District * * * Page 1 of 6 CODING:
Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District * * * E.
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138 E.
* * * (3) To receive and expend funds collected pursuant to Subsection F Subsections F and G of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by Subsection G Subsection H of this Section.
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138 ENROLLED (3) To receive and expend funds collected pursuant to Subsection F Subsections F and G of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted as provided by Subsection G Subsection H of this Section.
The fee,however,shall not belessthanonehundred dollars per parcel per year and not more than one hundred fifty dollars per parcel per year for lots zoned for residential use.
The fee,however,shall not belessthanonehundreddollars per parcel per year and not more than one hundred fifty dollars per parcel per year for lots zoned for residential use.
* * * (3)(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 at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
* * * (3)(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 at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
At least thirty days prior to anyelection held to approve imposition of a parcel fee, the board shall mail notificationoftheupcomingelectionto eachregisteredvoter of the district and to the owner of each parcel if the owner is not a registered voter of the district.
At least thirty days prior to any election held to approve imposition of a parcel fee, the boardshall mail notificationoftheupcomingelection to eachregisteredvoterofthe district and to the owner of each parcel if the owner is not a registered voter of the district.
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(c) The fee shall expire ten years from its initial levyat the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed ten years, but may be renewed as providedinSubparagraph(a)ofthisParagraph.
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138 (c) The fee shall expire ten years from its initial levyat the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed ten years, but may be renewed as providedinSubparagraph(a)ofthisParagraph.
138 ENROLLED imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed ten years.
Ifthefeeisrenewed,thetermofthe imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed ten years.
(1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that the additional law enforcement personnel and services provided bythe district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the city of Baker and the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.
(1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that the additional law enforcement personnel and services provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the city of Baker and the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.
(2) Ifthedistrictceasestoexist,anyfundsofthedistrict shall betransmitted to the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge Baker and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the area included within the district.
(2) Ifthedistrict ceasesto exist, anyfundsofthedistrictshallbetransmitted to the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge Baker and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the area included within the district.
(2) No board member or officer shall be liable to the district or to any individual who resides, owns property, visits, or otherwise conducts business in the district for monetarydamages for breach of his duties as a board member or officer, Page 3 of 6 CODING:
(2) No board member or officer shall be liable to the district or to any individual who resides, owns property, visits, or otherwise conducts business in the district for monetarydamages for breach of his duties as a board member or officer, provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a board member or officer for anyof the following:
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138 provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a board member or officer for anyof the following:
(b) Any transaction from which the board member or officer derived an improper personal benefit.
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138 ENROLLED (b) Any transaction from which the board member or officer derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 2.(A) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the provisions of thisActshallnotaffecttheparcelfeeleviedwithintheParkwoodTerraceCrimePrevention and Neighborhood Improvement District on the effective date of this Act.
Section 2.(A) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the provisions of thisActshallnot affecttheparcelfeeleviedwithintheParkwoodTerraceCrimePrevention and Neighborhood Improvement District on the effective date of this Act.
(C) At no time shall a property owner in the district be subject to an annual parcel fee,whetherpaidto the district or to the parish on behalf of the district orboth, thatexceeds the rate limits provided in R.S.
(C) At no time shall a property owner in the district be subject to an annual parcel fee,whetherpaid to the district or to the parish on behalf ofthedistrict orboth, thatexceeds the rate limits provided in R.S.
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138 If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
138 ENROLLED If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the 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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[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 138 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Carpenter Abstract:
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Provides relative to the members of the governing board and parcel fee of the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Present law creates the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District as a political subdivision in East Baton Rouge Parish for the purpose of providing security for district residents and serving the needs of district residents by fundingbeautificationandimprovementsfortheoverallbettermentofthedistrict.
Provides for district boundaries.
Provides that the district is governed by a seven-member board of commissioners.
Provides for the powers and duties of the district.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law authorizes the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge, subject to voter approval, to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district.
Proposed law instead authorizes the district to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district, subject to voter approval.
Present law provides that the amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board.
Provides that the fee shall not be less than $100 per parcel per year for lots zoned for residential use.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the fee shall not exceed $150 per parcel per year for lots zoned for residential use.
Proposed law authorizes the board, during the term of the fee, to increase the fee one time during each subsequent calendar year, without election, not to exceed ten percent of the amount imposed duringthe previous calendaryear.
Prohibits theboardfrom increasingthe fee in excess of the maximum amount of $150 per parcel per year.
Present law requires the board, at least 30 days prior to any election to approve imposition of a parcel fee, to mail notification of the upcoming election to each registered voter of the district and to the owner of each parcel if the owner is not a registered voter of the district.
Proposed law removes present law.
Present law provides that the fee expires 10 years from its initial levy.
Proposed law provides that the fee expires at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed 10 years.
Proposed law additionally authorizes the district to solicit, accept, and expend additional voluntary contributions and grants to carry out its purposes.
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138 Present law provides that it is the purpose and intent of present law that the additional law enforcementpersonnelandservicesprovidedbythedistrictshallbesupplementaltoandnot in lieuofpersonnelandservicesprovidedin thedistrict bythecityofBatonRougeandEast Baton Rouge Parish.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that the personnel and services provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the city of Baker.
Present law provides that if the district ceases to exist, any funds of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the area included within the district.
Proposed law instead requires that funds of the district be transmitted to the governing authority of the city of Baker to be used for law enforcement purposes in the area included within the district.
Proposed law requiresthe district to indemnifyits officersand board membersto thefullest extentpermittedbypresentlaw(relativetoindemnificationofofficers,directors,employees, and agents of nonprofit organizations) as fullyas if the district werea nonprofit corporation governedtherebyandasmaybeprovidedindistrictbylaws.
Providesthatnoboardmember orofficershallbeliabletothedistrictortoanyindividualwhoresides,ownsproperty,visits, or otherwise conducts business in the district for monetary damages for breach of duties.
However, provides that this shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a board member or officer for:
(1) Acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.
(2) Any transaction from which the member derived an improper personal benefit.
Proposedlawprovidesthataboardmemberorofficershallnotbeindividuallyliableforany actoromission arisingout oftheperformanceofhis dutiestothefullestextentpermittedby present law relative to limitation of liability of directors, officers, and trustees of certain organizations and districts.
Proposed law requires the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to continue to levy the fee until such time as it expires, as provided in the proposition approved by a majority of the district's registered voters voting on the proposition at an election held on Dec.
10, 2016.
However, proposed law authorizes the board to submit the question of imposition of the fee as provided in proposed law to the voters prior to the expiration of the fee.
Requires the board to begin to levy a parcel fee as provided in proposed law if the parcel fee is approved bythe voters.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S.
33:9097.29(E)(3), (F)(intro.
para.), (1), and (3), (G), and (H);
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Action History

  1. Becomes Act No. 397 without the Governor's signature.

  2. Effective date: 05/24/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  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. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 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 80, nays 11. 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.

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 11 voted No

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (146)

146 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 (#802)

Passed 34 Yea · 1 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25101
Democrat 8003
Total 34104
% of votes cast 87%3%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
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 Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#265)

Passed 80 Yea · 11 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5101
Republican 4610012
Democrat 29001
Total 8011014
% of votes cast 76%10%0%13%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Galle — Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Emily Chenevert Republican Not Voting
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Not Voting
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Nay
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 Not Voting
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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