DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Brookstown Neighborhood Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish
HB 240 redefines the boundaries and official name of the Brookstown Neighborhood Crime Prevention District in East Baton Rouge Parish. It changes the district's name to the "Brookstown Neighborhood Area Crime Prevention and Improvement District" and expands its boundaries to include a specific area bounded by Prescott Road, North Foster Drive, and Airline Highway. This directly affects residents and properties within the newly defined district perimeter. The bill amends existing law to formalize these changes, creating a legally recognized political subdivision for crime prevention services in that neighborhood.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 1, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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HB240 Original
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MINOR
This bill removes the specific name 'Brookstown Neighborhood Crime Prevention District' and replaces it with a boundary description based on the 'Brookstown Neighborhood Subdivision' plat, while retaining the core legal framework for the district. The changes clarify the geographic limits of the district and update the bill's status to reflect its enactment as an enrolled act.
Scope change
The scope shifted from a district defined by a specific name to one defined by a specific geographic subdivision plat, ensuring the boundaries match the official recorded map rather than just the name.
DEFINITION
The district name was removed from the text, and the boundaries are now explicitly defined as coterminous with the Brookstown Neighborhood Subdivision as established in the official subdivision plat.
TECHNICAL
The original digest, abstract, and legislative services notes were removed as they are not part of the final law.
Standard enrollment formatting, including the Act number (164) and signatures from the Speaker, President, and Governor, was added to finalize the bill.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 21, 2025
How they voted
34–3
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Jun 2, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican28
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
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
Vanessa LaFleur
DDemocratic
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