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

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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: Jason Dewitt
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: Adopted in House concurrence
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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City of Alexandria Ordinance Violations

This bill establishes new rules for administrative adjudication procedures to handle certain ordinance violations, including housing and building codes, in the city of Alexandria.

What This Bill Does

Defines 'housing violation' to include building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisance ordinances, and sewerage and drainage regulations in Alexandria.
Allows the use of administrative adjudication procedures for licensing and permit issues in Alexandria.
Gives the governing authority of Alexandria the power to decide which other ordinance violations can be handled through these administrative processes.

Who It Names or Affects

The city of Alexandria
People who violate housing, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisance ordinances, and sewerage and drainage regulations in Alexandria

Terms To Know

Housing violation: A term that includes violations related to buildings, zoning laws, plant growth issues, nuisances, and sewage and water management rules.
Administrative adjudication procedures: The process used by the city government to handle ordinance violations without going through a full court trial.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify which other types of ordinance violations will be handled through administrative processes beyond those explicitly listed.
Does not provide details on how the governing authority decides which violations are subject to these procedures.

Amendments

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

Summary of Senate Amendments to HB66

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.

House Floor Amendment #5246 Amedee Adopted

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 impact of this change is not fully explained in the provided text.

House Vote on HB 66 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1659)

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 city 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.

Senate Committee Amendment #3849 L&M Adopted

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.

Senate Committee Amendment #3691 L&M Draft

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

2026-05-29 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-27 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
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.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 S
Reported with amendments.
2026-05-12 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-05-11 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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.
2026-05-07 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-07 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-05-06 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
2026-05-06 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-05 H
Reported favorably (14-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-06 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.
2026-02-02 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
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

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ENROLLED
2026 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.