DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the boundaries of the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District
This bill establishes the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District within the city of New Orleans. It defines the district's boundaries by outlining a specific area bounded by streets such as Girod, Market, Tchoupitoulas, and Convention Center Boulevard. The legislation creates a new corporate entity to manage this designated zone, with the changes taking effect upon the governor's signature or after the legislative session concludes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House Apr 11, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 38
May 29, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
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 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Mar 1, 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
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
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