HB433 • 2026

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Barbara Reich Freiberg
Last action: 2026-05-27
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how these updates will affect day-to-day operations of the affected entities.

Economic Development Act for Baton Rouge

This act updates laws related to economic development districts and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce, renaming it as Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership.

What This Bill Does

Updates how members are appointed to several economic development boards in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Changes definitions for regional economic development organizations to include the new name 'Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership'.

Who It Names or Affects

Economic development districts in East Baton Rouge Parish, including the Downtown Development District, Inner City Economic Development District, Florida Boulevard Economic Development District, and Plank Road Business Economic Development District.
The East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority.

Terms To Know

Economic Development District: A specific area designated for focused economic growth and improvement efforts.
Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership: The renamed organization formerly known as the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce, involved in regional economic development activities.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify an effective date for when these changes will take effect.
It is unclear what specific actions or impacts this renaming and updating will have on day-to-day operations of the affected entities.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

House Floor Amendment #4013 Freiberg Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB433 552 4013 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Freiberg to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB433 552 4013 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Freiberg to Engrossed House Bill No.
433 by Representative Freiberg 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 3, after "2740.67.1(C)(1)(f)," and before "and" delete "4720.151(G)(1)(b), 3 R.S.
38:3051," and insert "and 4720.151(G)(1)(b)" 4 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-05-27 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-26 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-26 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-25 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-28 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-04-27 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-22 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-21 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
2026-04-20 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-16 H
Reported favorably (13-0).
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-25 H
Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.

Official Summary Text

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 433
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREIBERG
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.8(D)(1)(b), 2740.19(D)(1)(e), 2740.53(B)(1)(b),
3 2740.67.1(C)(1)(f), and 4720.151(G)(1)(b) and R.S. 39:1482(4), relative to East
4 Baton Rouge Parish; to provide relative to the Downtown Development District of
5 the City of Baton Rouge, the Baton Rouge Inner City Economic Development
6 District, the Florida Boulevard Economic Development District, and the Plank Road
7 Business Economic Development District, and the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment
8 Authority; to provide relative to nominations or appointments made to such entities
9 by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce; to provide relative to the
10 Louisiana Competes Regional Economic Development Program; to provide relative
11 to definitions for the program; to change the name of the Baton Rouge Area
12 Chamber of Commerce; and to provide for related matters.
13 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
14 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
15 Louisiana.
16 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
17 Section 1. R.S. 33:2740.8(D)(1)(b), 2740.19(D)(1)(e), 2740.53(B)(1)(b),
18 2740.67.1(C)(1)(f), and 4720.151(G)(1)(b) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
19 follows:
20 §2740.8. The downtown development district of the city of Baton Rouge; creation,
21 composition and powers; preparation of plans, levy of special ad valorem
22 taxes, and issuance of bonds and other instruments of indebtedness
23 * * *
24 D.(1) The board shall be composed of seven members, all of whom shall be
25 qualified voters of the parish of East Baton Rouge, and shall have their principal
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1 place of business or profession in, or own property in, the Downtown Development
2 District. The seven members shall be appointed as follows:
3 * * *
4 (b) One member of the board shall be appointed by the mayor-president,
5 with the approval of the metro council, from a list of four nominees submitted by the
6 Greater Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce Greater Baton Rouge Economic
7 Partnership.
8 * * *
9 §2740.19. Baton Rouge Inner City Economic Development District; creation,
10 composition and powers
11 * * *
12 D.(1) The board shall be composed of fifteen members, all of whom shall be
13 qualified voters of the parish of East Baton Rouge. The members shall be appointed
14 as follows:
15 * * *
16 (e) One member shall be appointed by the president of the Baton Rouge
17 Chamber of Commerce Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership.
18 * * *
19 §2740.53. Florida Boulevard Economic Development District
20 * * *
21 B. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by an eleven-member
22 board of commissioners. The members shall be appointed as follows:
23 * * *
24 (b) One member of the board shall be appointed by the mayor-president,
25 with the approval of the metropolitan council, from a list of four nominees submitted
26 by the Greater Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce Greater Baton Rouge
27 Economic Partnership.
28 * * *
29 §2740.67.1. Plank Road Business Economic Development District
30 * * *
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1 C. Governance. (1) In order to provide for the orderly planning,
2 development, acquisition, construction, and effectuation of the services,
3 improvements, and facilities to be furnished by the district and to provide for the
4 representation in the affairs of the district of those persons and interests immediately
5 concerned with and affected by the purposes and development of the district, the
6 district shall be managed by a seven-member board of commissioners, referred to in
7 this Section as the "board". The board shall be comprised of members as follows:
8 * * *
9 (f) One member shall be appointed by the governing board of the Baton
10 Rouge Area Chamber Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership.
11 * * *
12 §4720.151. East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority
13 * * *
14 G.(1) The authority shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred
15 to in this Chapter as the "board", consisting of five members appointed as follows:
16 * * *
17 (b) One member shall be appointed by the governing authority of the Baton
18 Rouge Area Chamber Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership.
19 * * *
20 Section 2. R.S. 39:1482(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
21 §1482. Definitions
22 For purposes of this Chapter, the following words have the following
23 meanings:
24 * * *
25 (4) "Regional economic development organization" means any of the
26 following: the Baton Rouge Area Chamber Greater Baton Rouge Economic
27 Partnership, or its successor; the Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance,
28 or its successor; Greater New Orleans, Inc., or its successor; the Northeast Louisiana
29 Economic Alliance, or its successor; the North Louisiana Economic Partnership, or
30 its successor; One Acadiana, or its successor; the South Louisiana Economic
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1 Council, or its successor; or the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development
2 Alliance, or its successor.
3 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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