FUNDS/FUNDING: Relative to the Hurricane Ida Recovery Fund (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
This bill updates the rules for the Hurricane Ida Recovery Fund in Louisiana to guide how public money is spent on repairs. It allows government entities, such as school boards, to use funds for fixing damaged property that was not fully covered by insurance or federal aid. Additionally, the law permits any leftover money from these repairs to be used for specific public projects like maintaining roads, parks, water systems, or debris removal, provided the facility serves the public. The bill applies to political subdivisions and private nonprofit organizations that provide services to the general public.
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 26, 2024
Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 15, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 7, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (18-0).
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jerome Zeringue
RRepublican
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