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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 444 expands East Baton Rouge recreation board to 11 members
Last action · April 15, 2026: Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 39, nays 50. Failed to pass.Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 444 alters the composition of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge by adding two legislative members to increase total membership from nine to eleven. The legislation specifies that the new seats are filled by the state senator for District 15 and the state representative for District 61.
Changes the composition and voting of a local public park governance body by adding state legislators to a previously mayoral-and-appointed board.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge
Its board size, composition, and quorum requirement are changed by adding two legislative members.
Residents of East Baton Rouge Parish
Their local park and recreation district is governed by a restructured commission including state legislators.
Key Facts
- Increases the total number of commissioners on the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge from nine to eleven.
- Adds two new ex officio members: the state senator representing District No. 15 and the state representative representing District No. 61.
- Authorizes each ex officio member to designate a person to serve in their place at the pleasure of the designating member.
- Increases the quorum requirement for commission votes from five members to six members.
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- Retains four appointed members chosen by the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge for three-year terms.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
8 actions- Apr 15, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 39, nays 50. Failed to pass.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseReported with amendments (8-7).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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- Feb 25, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 25, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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