DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville
HB 267 creates the "Hotel Francis District" within St. Francisville, authorizing local taxes to fund district operations. The bill permits the district board to levy two specific taxes: (1) a hotel occupancy tax on rooms (capped at the combined local sales/use tax rate for hotels in West Feliciana Parish) and (2) a sales tax on food/beverages sold in restaurants within the district (capped at the parish’s existing rate for such purchases). Both taxes are in addition to current local taxes, not replacements. The district would primarily affect hotels and restaurants operating within its boundaries, with tax rates limited to existing parish levels.
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 11, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB267 Original
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HB267 Act 260
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled as Act No. 260, changing the document status from a draft to an official law. The core policy content regarding the creation of the Hotel Francis District and its boundaries remained unchanged, but the text was reorganized to include new statutory authority for the district to levy taxes, set tax rates, and issue bonds, which were previously missing or incomplete in the draft version.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the creation of the Hotel Francis District within St. Francisville, but the legal authority granted to the district was expanded to explicitly include tax levies and bond issuance.
FISCAL
Added explicit authority for the district to levy taxes, set tax rates, and issue bonds to fund redevelopment.
REQUIREMENT
Added requirements for the termination of the district under certain circumstances.
TECHNICAL
Updated document headers and page counts to reflect the final enrolled status and corrected line numbering.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2025 · House May 29, 2025
How they voted
35–2
Passed
Total votes 37
Jun 8, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Jun 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (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
Jeremy LaCombe
RRepublican
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