HB 90 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Ferriday Downtown Entertainment District

HB 90 defines the boundaries of Ferriday's Downtown Entertainment District to include specific streets (Texas Avenue, EE Wallace Boulevard, Mickey Gilley Avenue, First Street, and both sides of Greater Street) and establishes a nine-member governing board. The board will include appointments from the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Department, Delta Recreation's governing board, and other local entities, with members serving staggered terms. This bill creates a formal structure for managing the district's development but does not impose new taxes or regulations on residents or businesses. The measure focuses solely on defining the district's scope and governance framework.
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
May 2026
Introduced Feb 5, 2026 Signed May 15, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB90 Original HB90 Act · 6 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates the Ferriday Downtown Entertainment District by expanding its geographic boundaries and reorganizing its governing board. The changes increase the number of board members from seven to nine to include representatives from the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Department and Delta Recreation, while removing the Delta Museum representative. Additionally, the district's police officers are now explicitly authorized to patrol the area and make arrests within the expanded boundaries.
Scope change
The bill expands the district's physical boundaries to include both sides of Greater Street and adds new appointing authorities to the governing board.
SCOPE

The district boundaries were expanded to include both sides of Greater Street.

REQUIREMENT

The governing board composition changed from seven members to nine members.

ELIGIBILITY

New appointing authorities were added: the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Department and the governing board of Delta Recreation.

The appointment role for the Delta Museum representative was removed from the board.

ENFORCEMENT

Sheriff's officers are now explicitly authorized to patrol the district and make arrests within its boundaries.

TIMELINE

Members appointed under the old system must vacate their seats when the new board members are appointed.

Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2026 · House Apr 1, 2026

How they voted

350
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
May 12, 2026
D Democratic12
9 Yea 3
75% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 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, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 15. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (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 5, 2026
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
P
Photo of Travis Johnson
Travis Johnson
DDemocratic
LA
21