HB 1254 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park

HB 1254 amends the rules governing the New Orleans Regional Business Park Board of Commissioners to change its size from twelve to eleven members. The bill adjusts the appointment process so that the mayor of New Orleans selects five members from specific community and business groups, while other members are appointed by different entities. It also establishes stricter attendance requirements, stating that members with four consecutive unexcused absences will be automatically removed from the board. Additionally, the legislation clarifies how vacancies are filled and sets limits on how long members can serve beyond the term of their appointing authority.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Apr 29, 2026 Signed Jun 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1254 Original → HB1254 Act 728 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates the composition of the board governing the New Orleans Regional Business Park by replacing community representatives from the Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training and the East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission with the Port of New Orleans and the Greater New Orleans American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. It also clarifies appointment procedures, vacancy filling timelines, and removal rules for board members.

Scope change

The bill shifts the focus of the board's community representation from specific neighborhood and ethnic economic organizations to broader labor and port-related entities, while maintaining the requirement for five appointed members.

ELIGIBILITY

Replaced the Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training and East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission as nominating entities with the Port of New Orleans and the Greater New Orleans American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

REQUIREMENT

Corrected a clerical error in the total number of board members from 'five four' to five.

Refined the vacancy filling process to specify that if a nominating entity fails to fill a vacancy within sixty days, the remaining board members must appoint an interim successor, and if they fail, the mayor must appoint the member.

Clarified that board members appointed by remaining members or the mayor can be replaced at any time by the original appointing authority's nominee.

Established that board members appointed under specific community categories cannot serve beyond the end of their appointing authority's term without being reappointed through the standard process.

Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2026 · House May 11, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

May 26, 2026

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 19, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 484 reported by the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs (14-0).

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors