The civic record
Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 208 sets local option election for St. Helena Parish term limits
Last action · March 17, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Sponsor: Robert Carter
Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.
What This Bill Proposed
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Provides for a local option election to establish term limits for members of the governing authority of St. Helena Parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
Residents of St. Helena Parish gain the direct authority to decide the tenure of their local elected officials, while the state assumes full financial responsibility for conducting the ballot proposition.
- St. Helena Parish is a parish in Louisiana operating under the traditional police jury system of government. context
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.
qualified electors of St. Helena Parish
members of the St. Helena Parish governing authority
Elected members face potential restriction to a maximum of three consecutive four-year terms if the proposition passes.
secretary of state
Required to prepare the ballot for the local option election.
Key Facts
You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the specific term limit proposed for governing authority members?
What else do you want to know?
News Coverage
Follow the record
Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 17, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
- Mar 16, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title. Lies over under the rules.
- Feb 20, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 19, 2026HouseIntroducedPrefiled. To be introduced at a later date.
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
Connected Entities
Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
Publisher tools