HB 242 is sponsored by Emily Chenevert (Republican).

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Louisiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 242 — DISTRICTS/COMMUNICATIONS: Provides relative to the membership of the board of commissioners for the East Baton Rouge Parish Communications District

Last action June 08, 2025 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 165.

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Passed Senate
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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 01, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 08, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Enacted

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 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

June 08, 2025
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 165.
June 08, 2025
Effective date: 08/01/2025.
June 05, 2025
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
June 04, 2025
Signed by the President of the Senate.
June 03, 2025
Received from the Senate without amendments.
June 03, 2025
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
June 02, 2025
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
June 01, 2025
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
June 01, 2025
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
May 29, 2025
Reported favorably.
May 27, 2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
May 21, 2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
May 21, 2025
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
May 20, 2025
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
May 20, 2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
May 19, 2025
Reported with amendments (14-0).
April 23, 2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
April 22, 2025
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
April 14, 2025
Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.
April 01, 2025
Prefiled.
April 01, 2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Emily Chenevert Republican

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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Republican	27	0	0	0
Democrat	9	0	0	1
Total	38	0	0	1
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Bouie	—	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	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Not Voting
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Yea
Sam Jenkins	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	Yea
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	21	0	0	5
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	3
Republican	63	0	0	3
Total	94	0	0	11
% of votes cast	90%	0%	0%	10%

Member	Party	Vote
Emerson	—	Yea
Galle	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Brown	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Willard	—	Yea
Mr. Speaker	—	Not Voting
Amedee	—	Not Voting
Hughes	—	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	Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Yea
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Yea
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Yea
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Yea
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Not Voting
Joy Walters	Democrat	Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Not Voting
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	Not Voting
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Yea
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Not Voting
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	Not Voting
Christopher Turner	Republican	Yea
Danny McCormick	Republican	Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Yea
Debbie Villio	Republican	Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin	Republican	Yea
Dodie Horton	Republican	Yea
Emily Chenevert	Republican	Yea
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	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	Yea
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	Yea
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
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Yea
Polly Thomas	Republican	Yea
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Yea
Raymond J. Crews	Republican	Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler	Republican	Not Voting
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	Yea
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Not Voting
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Subjects

public-safety technology

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Who sponsors HB 242?: HB 242 is sponsored by Emily Chenevert (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 242?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 01, 2025. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 242
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: April 01, 2025
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Emily Chenevert

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