HB 681 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District in Orleans Parish

HB 681 amends Louisiana law to adjust the parcel fee for the Lakeview Crime Prevention District in New Orleans. It allows the city to increase the annual fee per property parcel to a maximum of $250, but only after the district's board of commissioners adopts a resolution requesting the increase and a majority of registered voters approve it in a special election. This directly affects property owners within the Lakeview district, who would pay the higher fee if approved. The bill does not create new funding but modifies existing fee rules for district crime prevention efforts. The change requires voter approval, making it a specific adjustment to current fee authority rather than a new tax.

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 27, 2026 Signed Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB681 Original → HB681 Act 589 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill increases the maximum annual parcel fee that can be collected in the Lakeview Crime Prevention District in Orleans Parish from $150 to $250. The change requires that any increase in the fee amount must be approved by a majority of registered voters in the district through a special election, rather than just the district's board of commissioners. This ensures residents have a direct say in higher costs associated with increased law enforcement presence.

Scope change

The bill applies specifically to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District in Orleans Parish and modifies the financial limits and approval process for fees within that district.

FISCAL

Raised the maximum allowable annual parcel fee from $150 to $250 per parcel per year.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that any fee increase must be approved by a majority of registered voters in the district via a special election, in addition to board approval.

Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2026 · House Apr 1, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 41

May 13, 2026

D Democratic12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

R Republican29

27 Yea 2

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 13, 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 4, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (14-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors