PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Authorizes the lease of certain state property in Jefferson Parish
HB 196 authorizes Louisiana's commissioner of administration to lease an 8-acre parcel of state-owned water bottom property in Jefferson Parish's Laketown area to the Kenner Laketown Area Development Corporation. The lease excludes mineral rights (which remain with the state), allows terms up to 99 years, and requires payment proportional to the property's appraised value. This bill directly affects the Kenner Laketown Area Development Corporation as the lessee and enables the state to manage this specific public property through a formal lease agreement.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 1, 2025
Signed Jun 4, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB196 Original
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HB196 Act 70
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was converted from a draft version to an enrolled act, meaning it has been signed into law by the Governor. The substantive policy content regarding the lease of state property in Jefferson Parish remains unchanged, but the document now includes official signatures and removes preliminary drafting notes.
Scope change
None; the scope of the bill's authority remains the same.
TECHNICAL
Added official signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor to finalize the law.
Removed the 'Digest' section, which is a non-binding summary prepared by legislative services.
Updated the header to reflect the bill is now 'ENROLLED' and 'ACT No. 70' instead of 'ORIGINAL'.
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · House Apr 29, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 27, 2025
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 27, 2025
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 19, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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