LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Stephanie Berault
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 62
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on specific new rules or changes to the district's name and boundaries.

Mosquito Control District Changes

This law changes the rules for how the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District operates in Louisiana.

What This Bill Does

Removes old rules about how the district can spend money.
Stops the district from offering services outside its area.
Takes away the ability to pay for employee health insurance under certain conditions.

Who It Names or Affects

The St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District

Terms To Know

Mosquito Abatement District: An area where a special group works to control mosquitoes.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what new rules will replace the old ones.
Effective date is August 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-05-11 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-11 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 62.
2026-05-11 S
Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.
2026-05-08 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-07 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-07 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-06 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-28 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-27 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-22 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-07 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-04-01 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-01 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-31 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-26 H
Reported favorably (11-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-23 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-23 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 622026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 286
BY REPRESENTATIVE BERAULT
1 AN ACT
2 To repeal R.S. 33:7728, relative to the St. Tammany Mosquito Abatement District; to repeal
3 the independent authority of the St. Tammany Mosquito Abatement District relative
4 to the expenditure of district funds; to repeal the district's authority to extend its
5 services outside the territorial bounds of the district and to pay health insurance
6 claims of its employees under certain circumstances; to repeal certain provisions
7 relative to the boundaries of the district and the name of the district; and to provide
8 for related matters.
9 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
10 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
11 Louisiana.
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
13 Section 1. R.S. 33:7728 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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