SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD: Provides relative to employees of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board
HB 441 repeals a requirement from Act No. 384 (2024) that previously mandated the State Civil Service Commission and New Orleans' City Civil Service Commission to create a plan for transferring employees of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board into the state civil service system. This bill directly affects employees of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board by ending the obligation to develop such a transfer plan. The key mechanism is simply removing the specific provision (Section 2 of Act No. 384) from law. As a procedural repeal, it makes no new policy changes but alters the existing legal framework governing the board's employee classification.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 25, 2026
Signed Jun 23, 2026
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HB441 Original
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HB441 Act 918
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MODERATE
The bill was re-enrolled and officially enacted as Act No. 918, replacing the original version. The core legislative content remains a repeal of a 2024 law that required transferring New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board employees to the state civil service. The changes are primarily administrative, reflecting the bill's final approval and formatting updates for the official record.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding the repeal of the employee transfer requirement remains unchanged; only the document's status and formatting were updated.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to reflect that the bill is now 'ENROLLED' and 'ACT No. 918' instead of 'ORIGINAL' and 'HB 441'.
The digest section was removed, which previously explained the bill's purpose and legal context.
Signatures were added for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor, indicating final approval.
Page numbering was adjusted from 'Page 1 of 2' to 'Page 1 of 1'.
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2026 · House Apr 22, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 21, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 21, 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 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 22, 2026
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
Apr 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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