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Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Introduced 1 D cosponsors

SB78 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District. (8/1/26)

Last action May 31, 2026 — Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

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Introduced
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In Committee
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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To Executive
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Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 20, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 12% · moderate confidence

Introduced

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

4 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

Establishes the governing authority for the Shreveport Downtown Development District.

This bill creates a governing body for the Shreveport Downtown Development District, outlining its authority and operations. It aims to organize management and initiatives for downtown development.

Summary

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

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

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Action History

February 20, 2026
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
March 09, 2026
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
March 25, 2026
Reported favorably.
March 30, 2026
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
March 31, 2026
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.
April 01, 2026
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
April 07, 2026
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
May 05, 2026
Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 06, 2026
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
May 07, 2026
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
May 11, 2026
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.
May 12, 2026
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
May 12, 2026
Notice given.
May 12, 2026
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
May 19, 2026
Called from the calendar.
May 19, 2026
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
May 19, 2026
Received from the House with amendments.
May 20, 2026
Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
May 21, 2026
Senate conference committee members appointed: Jenkins, Boudreaux, and Luneau.
May 25, 2026
Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
May 25, 2026
House conferees appointed: Jackson, Gadberry, and Walters.
May 25, 2026
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
May 25, 2026
Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
May 26, 2026
Conference committee report received.
May 26, 2026
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
May 27, 2026
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
May 29, 2026
Conference Committee Report read; failed to be adopted by a vote of 11 yeas and 25 nays.
May 29, 2026
Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
May 29, 2026
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
May 31, 2026
Notice of Senate rejecting Conference Committee Report.
May 31, 2026
Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 22 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Sam Jenkins Democrat

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
Democrat	8	0	0	1
Republican	1	22	0	2
Unaffiliated	2	3	0	0
Total	11	25	0	3
% of votes cast	28%	64%	0%	8%

Member	Party	Vote
Boudreaux	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Nay
Owen	—	Nay
Miller	—	Nay
Edward J. Price	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
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 Allain	Republican	Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Nay
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Nay
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	23	0	0	2
Democrat	5	0	0	4
Total	33	0	0	6
% of votes cast	85%	0%	0%	15%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Owen	—	Yea
Boudreaux	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Edward J. Price	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
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 Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Yea
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	27	0	0	2
Republican	59	0	0	6
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	1
Total	96	0	0	9
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

Member	Party	Vote
Amedee	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Boudreaux	—	Yea
Galle	—	Yea
Owen	—	Yea
Henry, C.	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Johnson, T.	—	Yea
Landry, J.	—	Yea
Landry, T.	—	Yea
Mr. Speaker	—	Not Voting
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
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
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
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Yea
Jacob Braud	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
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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	24	0	0	1
Democrat	8	0	0	1
Total	37	0	0	2
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Owen	—	Yea
Boudreaux	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Edward J. Price	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
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 Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Not Voting
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	7	0	0	0
Democrat	6	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Total	14	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Joseph A. Stagni	—	Yea
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Yea
Dana Henry	Democrat	Yea
Ed Murray	Democrat	Yea
Pat Moore	Democrat	Yea
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Yea
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Yea
Beth Anne Billings	Republican	Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
Jessica Domangue	Republican	Yea
Kim Carver	Republican	Yea
Paul Sawyer	Republican	Yea

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB78 do?: SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District. (8/1/26)
Who sponsors SB78?: SB78 is sponsored by Sam Jenkins (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB78?: This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 20, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB78
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 26RS Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 20, 2026
Status: Introduced
Prime sponsor: Sam Jenkins

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