Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

SB 78 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District. (8/1/26)

Last action — Notice of Senate rejecting Conference Committee Report.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 20, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 48% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

This bill regulates the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District.

The legislation outlines the governance structure for the Shreveport Downtown Development District. It specifies how the authority will operate and make decisions.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

31 added · 26 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to SB 78 specifies that one member of the authority must have expertise in fields like urban planning or commercial real estate. Additionally, it clarifies that all members, except for certain elected officials, need to either live in the district, have their main business there, or own property within it. This change is important because it ensures that the authority has qualified individuals who understand the local context, helping to make informed decisions that benefit the community.

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SLS 26RS-367 ENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
SLS 26RS-367 REENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
downtown development district * * * C.(1) * * * * * * (2) One member with a background in urban planning, land use planning, commercial real estate development, commercial real estate construction, commercial district management, architecture or engineering.
downtown development district * * * C.(1) * * * * * * (2) One member of the authority shall have a background in urban planning, land use planning, commercial real estate development, commercial real estate construction, commercial district management, architecture or Page 1 of 3 Coding:
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SLS 26RS-367 ENGROSSED SB NO.
SLS 26RS-367 REENGROSSED SB NO.
78 (3) All members of the authority, other than elected officials and the memberappointedpursuanttoSubsection(C)(2)ofthisParagraph,shallreside in the district or have their his personal principal place of business or office in the district or own property in the district.
78 engineering.
(3)(4) The termsof the members shall be three years and theyeach member may be reappointed.
(3) All members of the authority, other than elected officials and the memberappointedpursuanttoSubsection(C)(2)ofthisParagraph,shallreside in the district or have their his personal principal place of business or office in the district or own property in the district.
(3)(4) The terms of the members shall be three years and theyeach member may be reappointed.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 78 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Jenkins Present law (R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 78 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Jenkins Present law (R.S.
Proposed law retains present law but provides that one member of the board of commissioners shall have a background in urban planning, land use planning, commercial real estate development, commercial real estate construction, commercial district management architecture or engineering.
Proposed law retains present law but provides that one member of authority shall have a background in urban planning, land use planning, commercial real estate development, commercial real estate construction, commercial district management architecture or engineering.
Present law provides that all members of the authority, other than elected officials shall residein thedistrict orhavetheirpersonalprincipalplaceofbusinessorofficein thedistrict or own property in the district.
Present law provides that all members of the authority, other than elected officials shall resideinthedistrict orhavetheirpersonalprincipalplaceofbusinessorofficeinthedistrict or own property in the district.
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SLS 26RS-367 REENGROSSED SB NO.
78 (Amends R.S.
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33:2740.38(C)(5)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill 1.
Makes technical changes.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Notice of Senate rejecting Conference Committee Report.

  2. Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  3. Conference Committee Report read; failed to be adopted by a vote of 11 yeas and 25 nays.

  4. Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.

  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  7. Conference committee report received.

  8. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  9. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  10. House conferees appointed: Jackson, Gadberry, and Walters.

  11. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  12. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  13. Senate conference committee members appointed: Jenkins, Boudreaux, and Luneau.

  14. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.

  15. Called from the calendar.

  16. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  17. Received from the House with amendments.

  18. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  19. Notice given.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

  21. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.

  22. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  23. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  24. Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  26. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  27. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  28. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  29. Reported favorably.

  30. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  31. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 24 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

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

ADOPT (#1570)

Failed 11 Yea · 25 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 10001
Republican 12402
Unaffiliated 0100
Total 112503
% of votes cast 28%64%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Nay
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 Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Nay
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Nay
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Nay
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
Glen Womack Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Not Voting
Jeremy Stine Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Robert Allain Republican Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Nay
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

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REJECT (#1048)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 7004
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
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 Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
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 (#1401)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 28002
Republican 62006
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — 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 Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#210)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 26001
Democrat 10001
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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