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HB 33 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

CIVIL SERVICE/MUNICIPAL: Provides relative to the municipal civil service system for the city of Alexandria

HB 33 amends Alexandria's civil service law to exclude certain city IT employees from the merit-based hiring and promotion system. Specifically, it removes employees working on municipal computer operations, electronic security systems, and information technology from classified civil service requirements. This means these IT staff - responsible for protecting city systems and sensitive data - will no longer be subject to competitive exams for hiring, promotion, or dismissal. The bill directly affects Alexandria city employees in technology roles handling critical infrastructure security. The change modifies existing civil service rules without altering broader employment policies for other city workers.
Issues: ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentExcludes IT employees from merit-based civil service protections, weakening job security and fair hiring/promotion standards for affected workers.90% confidence ✗ TechnologyOpposes TechnologyExcludes IT staff handling city cybersecurity systems from merit-based hiring, potentially weakening oversight for sensitive data protection.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Jun 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB33 Original → HB33 Act · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the civil service rules for the city of Alexandria to explicitly exclude specific IT and cybersecurity personnel from the classified service system. Previously, the law did not clearly list computer operations staff as exempt, meaning they might have been subject to standard civil service hiring and promotion rules. The change clarifies that employees handling city computer operations, information systems, and cybersecurity are now formally excluded from these requirements, likely to allow for more flexible staffing and specialized hiring practices in a rapidly evolving technical field.
Scope change
The bill narrows the scope of the classified service system by adding a specific exemption for IT and cybersecurity employees who were not previously explicitly listed.
ELIGIBILITY

Added a new exemption category for employees providing city computer operations, including direct services to municipal information systems, electronic security systems, and vulnerability and information technology designed to prevent data disruption or compromise.

Refined the language of the exemption to ensure it specifically covers modern cybersecurity and vulnerability management roles alongside general computer operations.

Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 5, 2025

How they voted

35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2025
D Democratic11
10 Yea 1
90% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 27, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Mar 3, 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
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Photo of Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
LA
27