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LouisianaHB 10272026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

REAL ESTATE/APPRAISERS: Provides relative to real estate appraiser liability in certain circumstances

Sponsored By: Troy Jude Hebert (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Agents and appraisers gain detector liability protection

Louisiana law shields real estate agents and licensed appraisers from liability for a seller’s failure to follow detector rules. This protection covers smoke and carbon monoxide detector requirements in one- or two-family homes. Sellers must still follow those requirements.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Troy Jude Hebert

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 136 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 4/20/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 90 • No: 0

House vote • 4/13/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 187.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/14/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/14/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/12/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/4/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

    4/21/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/20/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/20/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

    4/15/2026House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/14/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (11-0).

    4/13/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

    3/31/2026House

  18. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/30/2026House

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