All Roll Calls
Yes: 227 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 1702026 Regular SessionHouse
CONTRACTS: Provides relative to construction contracts
Sponsored By: Neil Riser (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Judiciary ACivil Law and Procedure
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Louisiana construction parties gain local dispute protections
For covered Louisiana construction projects, contracts cannot require another jurisdiction’s law to govern their interpretation. They also cannot require lawsuits or arbitration outside Louisiana when those actions are available under Louisiana law and procedures. These protections cover public and private projects when at least one party has its legal home in Louisiana. They apply to contracts, subcontracts, and purchase orders entered into on or after September 6, 1991. Covered work includes design, construction, changes, repairs, and maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges, utility lines, and other property improvements. It also includes moving, demolition, and excavation. Exclusions include dirt or gravel access roads to oil and gas wells, specified oil flow and gas gathering lines, and oil, gas, chemical, petrochemical, or fuel manufacturing facilities and related infrastructure. Deeds, leases, easements, licenses, and other agreements granting property rights are excluded, even when they allow construction. Negotiated labor contracts are also exempt.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Neil Riser
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Stewart Cathey Jr.
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/11/2026
Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
Yes: 96 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/5/2026
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 • 4/7/2026
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 96 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 132.
5/15/2026HouseEffective date: See Act.
5/15/2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
5/13/2026HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
5/12/2026HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
5/12/2026SenateRead by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
5/11/2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
5/7/2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
5/6/2026HouseSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
5/5/2026SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
4/27/2026SenateRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
4/22/2026SenateReported favorably.
4/21/2026SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
4/13/2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
4/8/2026SenateRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
4/7/2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
4/1/2026HouseRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
3/31/2026HouseReported with amendments (5-0-1).
3/30/2026HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
3/9/2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2/20/2026HousePrefiled.
2/18/2026HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2/18/2026House
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