HOUSING: Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Delcambre Housing Authority and the Gueydan Housing Authority. (gov sig)
This bill removes employees of the Delcambre and Gueydan Housing Authorities from the state civil service system in Louisiana. By law, it also clarifies that these two housing authorities are not considered state instrumentalities for constitutional purposes. As a result, hiring, firing, and other personnel decisions for these organizations will no longer be subject to the protections and rules that apply to state civil servants. The change directly affects the staffing and administrative operations of these specific local housing agencies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2024 · House May 22, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Mar 26, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 13, 2024
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
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