HB 643 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

HOUSING/AUTHORITIES: Provides relative to the membership of the Housing Authority of New Orleans

This bill amends the membership rules for the Housing Authority of New Orleans to increase the number of commissioners from four to six. It specifically changes how two of the tenant representatives are selected, requiring them to be appointed by the New Orleans City Council president from a list provided by the mayor. These adjustments alter the composition of the governing body responsible for managing public housing in the city.
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
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2024 · House Apr 23, 2024

How they voted

35–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 39
May 15, 2024
D Democratic11
9 Yea 2
81% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
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 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 11, 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
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
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Photo of Jason Hughes
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
LA
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