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HB66 • 2026

MUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of Alexandria

MUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of Alexandria

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Jason Dewitt
Last action
2026-06-02
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 612
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details on additional flexibility given to the city, only that administrative adjudication procedures are allowed for specified violations.

City of Alexandria Ordinance Violations

This act changes how certain ordinance violations, including housing and building codes, are handled in the city of Alexandria by allowing administrative adjudication procedures.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a new section to Louisiana law that applies specifically to the city of Alexandria.
  • Expands the definition of 'housing violation' to include building codes, zoning rules, vegetation control, and nuisance ordinances.
  • Allows the city's governing authority to use administrative adjudication procedures for licensing and permit issues as well as other ordinance violations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The city of Alexandria
  • People who violate housing, building codes, zoning rules, vegetation control, nuisance ordinances, or licensing and permit requirements in Alexandria

Terms To Know

housing violation
A problem with a home that doesn't follow the city's rules about how buildings should be built and maintained.
administrative adjudication procedures
A way for cities to handle violations without going through regular court processes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act only applies to the city of Alexandria.
  • It does not specify which other ordinance violations can be handled administratively beyond those listed in the bill.

Amendments

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

Filed

Plain English: The amendment updates existing law to allow the city of Alexandria to use administrative adjudication procedures for a wider range of ordinance violations, including those related to building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, and sewerage and drainage systems.

  • Expands the definition of 'housing violation' in Alexandria to include building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisance ordinances, and regulations on sewerage and drainage systems.
  • Allows Alexandria's municipal governing authority to use administrative adjudication procedures for licensing, permits, and other ordinance violations.
  • The exact scope of how these changes will be implemented is not detailed in the provided amendment text.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds the word 'minor' to specify that certain ordinance violations will be subject to administrative adjudication.

  • Adds the word 'minor' before 'ordinance' on page 1, line 18.
  • The exact nature of what constitutes a 'minor' violation is not defined in this amendment text and may require further clarification from the bill's context or additional legislation.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB66 involves the House voting on Senate amendments related to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in Alexandria.

  • The amendment reflects a vote by the House to concur with changes made by the Senate regarding how certain ordinance violations are handled administratively in Alexandria.
  • The official text does not provide specific details about what changes were made or their exact impact, only that there was a roll call vote on these amendments.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes the word 'minor' from a specific part of House Bill No. 66.

  • Removes the term 'minor' from the bill text.
  • The exact impact and reason for removing 'minor' are not specified in the provided information.
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB66 2283 3691 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to Reengrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB66 2283 3691 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to Reengrossed House Bill No.
  • 66 by Representative Dewitt 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 18, delete "minor" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-02 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-02 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 612.

  3. 2026-06-01 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-31 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-25 S

    Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  11. 2026-05-19 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported with amendments.

  13. 2026-05-12 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

  14. 2026-05-11 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  15. 2026-05-07 H

    Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. 2026-05-07 H

    Called from the calendar.

  17. 2026-05-07 H

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. 2026-05-06 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  19. 2026-05-06 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  20. 2026-05-05 H

    Reported favorably (14-0).

  21. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  22. 2026-02-06 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.

  23. 2026-02-02 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

  24. 2026-02-02 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

MUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of Alexandria

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 6122026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 66
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEWITT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:2575.12, relative to the city of Alexandria; to provide relative to
3 administrative adjudication of certain code and ordinance violations; to provide
4 definitions for certain violations; to provide relative to the types of violations subject
5 to administrative adjudication procedures; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 13:2575.12 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §2575.12. Additional administrative adjudication procedures; city of Alexandria
12 A. As applied in the city of Alexandria, the term "housing violation" as used
13 in this Chapter shall also encompass building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance
14 ordinances, and ordinances that provide for the regulation of sewerage and drainage
15 systems.
16 B. In the city of Alexandria, the procedures for administrative adjudication
17 provided in this Chapter may also be used in matters involving licensing and permits
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HB NO. 66 ENROLLED
1 and any other ordinance violations as determined by the governing authority of the
2 city of Alexandria.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.