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HB1178 • 2026

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Alonzo Knox
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Pending House Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

What This Bill Does

  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  2. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-1568 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1178
BY REPRESENTATIVE KNOX
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 51:1260(C)(5)(hh) and (ii), relative to the Major Events Incentive Program;
3 to provide for qualifying major events; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 51:1260(C)(5)(hh) and (ii) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 §1260. Major Events Incentive Fund; Major Events Incentive Program
7 * * *
8 C. As used in this Section, the following terms have the following meanings:
9 * * *
10 (5) "Qualified major event" means any event, and any activities related to or
11 associated with the event, including but not limited to the following:
12 * * *
13 (hh) The French Quarter Festival
14 (ii) The Fried Chicken Festival
15 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-1568 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1178
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1178 Original 2026 Regular Session Knox
Abstract: Expands eligibility of the Major Events Incentive Program to include the French
Quarter Festival and the Fried Chicken Festival.
Present law creates the Major Events Incentive Program to fund qualified major events.
Present law establishes the Major Events Incentive Fund as a source of funding for the
program and provides for administration by La. Economic Development.
Present law defines a qualified major event as one of the events listed in present law,
including but not limited to the Essence Festival, the State Fair of La., and the Boots on the
Bayou music festival, as well as any activities related to or associated with the event.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the French Quarter Festival and the Fried Chicken
Festival to the list of qualified major events eligible for the Major Events Incentive Program.
(Adds R.S. 51:1260(C)(5)(hh) and (ii))
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