---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Shreveport I-20 Economic Development District"
description: "DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Shreveport I-20 Economic Development District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 295"
citation: "Louisiana HB 295 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Jackson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1edbd4-8ada-49b1-ad97-bea4dd938de4"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245932"
source_hash: "cef27e587be0d375705e9502a5125fcc4e41fefcb872df42604ff99c13b20dc7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 295 (2024) — DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Shreveport I-20 Economic Development District

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB295 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348762)
2. **HB295 Act 783** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383080)
3. **HB295 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362778)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3260, L&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372787)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4006, L&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377200)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4029, L&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377355)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4052, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377452)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4286, Jenkins, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379127)
9. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #4212, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378468)
10. **HB295 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380743)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1658) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#438) — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1302) — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#1303) — **3–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven Jackson — primary (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-06-25** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-06-25** Becomes Act No. 783 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-22** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/11/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Reported favorably (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf1edbd4-8ada-49b1-ad97-bea4dd938de4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).