HB441 • 2026

SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD: Provides relative to employees of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Aimee Adatto Freeman
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about what happens to affected employees after the change, nor does it specify how many people are impacted by these changes.

Changes to New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board Employee Rules

This bill removes a requirement for the transfer of employees from the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to state civil service.

What This Bill Does

Removes Section 2 of Act No. 384 from Louisiana laws, which required employee transfers.
Sets an effective date based on when the governor signs or does not sign the bill.

Who It Names or Affects

Employees of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board
The State Civil Service Commission
The City of New Orleans' Civil Service Commission

Terms To Know

Civil Service Commission: A group that manages rules for government jobs to make sure they are fair.
Effective Date: The day when a new law starts working.

Limits and Unknowns

It is not clear what will happen to the employees after this change.
The bill does not specify how many people are affected by these changes.

Bill History

2026-05-26 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-25 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-25 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-25 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-21 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-11 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-27 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-04-22 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 98, 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).
2026-03-18 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-03-17 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

SEWERAGE/N O WATER BD: Provides relative to employees of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 441
BY REPRESENTATIVES FREEMAN AND NEWELL
1 AN ACT
2 To repeal Section 2 of Act No. 384 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature, relative
3 to the sewerage and water board of New Orleans; to repeal provisions requiring the
4 State Civil Service Commission and the Civil Service Commission of the City of
5 New Orleans to develop a plan for the transfer of employees of the board to the state
6 civil service; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. Section 2 of Act No. 384 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature
12 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
13 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
14 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
15 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
16 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
17 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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