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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Modifies Requirements for Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authorities
Last action · April 14, 2026: Becomes HB 1240.Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
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What This Bill Proposed
Legislation modifies the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank by updating board qualifications and mandating public flood protection duties. The bill requires the West Bank authority to safeguard the public against flooding and storm surge while protecting existing district contracts, and expands engineering board requirements for the East authority to include .
Changes professional qualification requirements for flood protection board members and establishes explicit statutory duties for regional flood protection authorities in southeast Louisiana.
- The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority oversees levee districts and flood control infrastructure across parts of the New Orleans metropolitan area. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
Board commissioner qualifications are modified to include hydraulic science as an eligible professional background.
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank
The authority is explicitly required by law to work together to safeguard the public against flooding and storm surge while protecting existing contracts and obligations.
Key Facts
- Requires the West Bank flood protection authority and its included levee districts to work together to safeguard the public against flooding, storm surge, and other flood-related issues.
- Prohibits any part of the section from being construed to impair existing rights, contracts, or obligations of covered levee districts or parishes.
- Expands the professional qualifications for appointed members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East board to include hydraulic science alongside geotechnical, hydrological, and environmental science.
- Maintains the requirement that the nine-member board of the East authority includes specific allocations from St. Bernard, Jefferson, and Orleans parishes, as well as members residing outside the jurisdiction.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Apr 14, 2026HouseBecomes HB 1240.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseReported by substitute (14-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Subsequent Substitute Measure
The bill status notes that a substitute was adopted on the House floor and became HB 1240.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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