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Yes: 134 • No: 8
LouisianaHB 2672025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville
Sponsored By: Jeremy LaCombe (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Local and Municipal AffairsMunicipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Hotel district faces a firm time limit
The Hotel Francis District ends one year after all its debt principal and interest are paid in full. This includes loans, bonds, notes, and replacement bonds used to refinance debt. In all cases, the district cannot last more than 40 years after its first authorized tax is levied.
Extra taxes allowed on stays and dining
The Hotel Francis District board can add hotel-room and food-and-drink taxes by resolution, without a voter election. Guests pay the room tax with their room charge; buyers pay the food-and-drink tax at checkout. The food-and-drink tax covers district purchases not intended for home consumption. Each tax is capped at the combined local sales and use tax rate on those purchases in West Feliciana Parish. These taxes come on top of existing taxes; the law sets no specific rates.
New district can finance Hotel Francis redevelopment
The law creates a 14.800-acre district in St. Francisville to redevelop blighted property into a conference-style hotel and related facilities. Its board includes the mayor and two town governing-authority members appointed by the mayor. The district can manage property, receive grants, make public-private contracts, and borrow money for the project. It can commit up to all yearly hotel and food-and-drink tax revenue above the pre-creation year's collections to project debt. Revenue bonds are paid only from pledged revenues; pledges cannot harm existing obligations or use money already dedicated to another purpose.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jeremy LaCombe
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/8/2025
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 37 • No: 2
House vote • 5/29/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 84 • No: 6
House vote • 5/19/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 13 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 260.
6/11/2025HouseEffective date: 06/11/2025.
6/11/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/9/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/9/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/8/2025SenateReceived from the Senate without amendments.
6/8/2025HouseReported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/4/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/4/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
6/1/2025SenateCalled from the calendar.
5/29/2025HouseRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/29/2025HouseReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/29/2025SenateCalled from the calendar.
5/28/2025HouseRead by title, returned to the calendar.
5/28/2025HouseNotice given.
5/28/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2025.
5/28/2025HouseRead by title, returned to the calendar.
5/21/2025HouseNotice given.
5/21/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2025.
5/21/2025HouseRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
5/20/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
5/20/2025HouseReported with amendments (13-0).
5/19/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
4/1/2025House
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