HB 271 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

DISTRICTS/HOSPITAL SERVC: Provides relative to the parish hospital service district in New Orleans

This bill modifies how members of the Orleans Parish Hospital Service District's governing board are selected and structured. It requires the parish executive to appoint seven board members with expertise in areas like healthcare, finance, and community relations, while also mandating that three specific seats be filled based on nominees from the city council, state House, and state Senate. The legislation clarifies that these appointed members serve for the duration of their terms rather than fixed staggered periods. Ultimately, the act aims to formalize the composition of the district's leadership to include representatives from local and state government alongside other qualified experts.
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
May 2024
Introduced Feb 28, 2024 Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2024 · House Apr 11, 2024

How they voted

34–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 38
May 15, 2024
D Democratic12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
R Republican26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (16-0).
lower
Mar 19, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Feb 28, 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
P
Photo of Jason Hughes
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
LA
100