HB 246 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

MUNICIPAL: Provides relative to the municipal civil service system for the city of Zachary

This bill updates the rules for the Zachary Municipal Employees Civil Service Board by clarifying who can serve on it. It requires board members to be U.S. citizens, five-year residents of Zachary, and registered voters, while also barring them from holding political party offices or seeking other public office during their term. The law makes a specific exception for employee representatives on the board, allowing them to serve even if they do not currently live in Zachary, provided they are registered voters in their actual place of residence. These changes aim to ensure the board remains independent from political influence while maintaining clear eligibility standards for its members.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 27, 2024 Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 11, 2024

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
May 13, 2024
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Roy Adams
Roy Adams
DDemocratic
LA
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