PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS: Abolishes the West Feliciana Parish Port Commission
HB 94 abolishes the West Feliciana Parish Port Commission by repealing its legal framework (Louisiana Revised Statutes R.S. 34:3281-3286) and transfers all its responsibilities, assets, and ongoing legal matters to the West Feliciana Parish governing authority. The bill ensures the parish government becomes the legal successor for all unfinished business, including property, documents, and pending court cases involving the former commission. This procedural change directly affects West Feliciana Parish by shifting management of port-related affairs to the parish government without creating new policies or altering existing laws.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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This bill formally converts the West Feliciana Parish Port Commission into the parish government itself, effectively abolishing the separate commission. The change ensures that all legal cases, contracts, and debts previously held by the commission are now directly the responsibility of the parish governing authority, simplifying the legal structure.
Scope change
The bill's scope shifted from maintaining a separate nine-member commission to dissolving it entirely and transferring all its powers and liabilities to the existing parish government.
SCOPE
The creation and existence of the West Feliciana Parish Port Commission as a distinct legal entity have been removed.
REQUIREMENT
New requirements were added to ensure that any ongoing lawsuits or contracts involving the former commission are now officially managed in the name of the parish governing authority.
FISCAL
Financial obligations previously held by the commission are now explicitly defined as the direct obligations of the parish government.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 12, 2025
How they voted
36–1
Passed
Total votes 37
Jun 2, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 1 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 12, 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
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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