Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana SB 78

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the governing authority of the Shreveport Downtown Development District. (8/1/26)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed Senate
4. Passed House
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Samuel Jenkins (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1542, Jenkins, Adopted
• House Committee Amendment, #4605, MPC, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #4810, MPC, Adopted
• Conference Committee Report, #4371, House Proposed, Senate Rejected
• SB78 Original
• SB78 Engrossed
• SB78 Reengrossed

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
  Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
• Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
• Mar 25, 2026 · Senate
  Reported favorably.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
  Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• Apr 1, 2026 · House
  Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• Apr 7, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
• May 5, 2026 · House
  Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• May 11, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Notice given.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
• May 19, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• May 19, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Received from the House with amendments.
• May 20, 2026 · Senate
  Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
• May 21, 2026 · Senate
  Senate conference committee members appointed: Jenkins, Boudreaux, and Luneau.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  House conferees appointed: Jackson, Gadberry, and Walters.
• May 25, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• May 26, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee report received.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
• May 27, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Conference Committee Report read; failed to be adopted by a vote of 11 yeas and 25 nays.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate rejecting Conference Committee Report.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.