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LouisianaHB 1922026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits expropriation of property by foreign adversaries

Sponsored By: Charles Owen (Republican)

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

Voters decide property-taking ban for foreign adversaries

The law places a constitutional amendment before Louisiana voters on November 3, 2026. The amendment bars private foreign adversaries and their agents from taking or damaging property. It leaves the definitions of those entities to separate law. The ban takes effect only after voter approval and certification of the vote.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Adam Bass

    Republican • Senate

  • Alan Seabaugh

    Republican • Senate

  • Blake Miguez

    Republican • Senate

  • Heather Cloud

    Republican • Senate

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesi

    Republican • Senate

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

  • Robert Allain

    Republican • Senate

  • Stewart Cathey Jr.

    Republican • Senate

  • Thomas A. Pressly

    Republican • Senate

  • Valarie Hodges

    Republican • Senate

  • William "Bill" Wheat Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/21/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 100 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

    5/26/2026House

  2. Becomes Act No. 277.

    5/26/2026House

  3. Effective date: See Act.

    5/26/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/25/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/14/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/12/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    4/22/2026Senate

  12. Called from the calendar.

    4/21/2026House

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/21/2026House

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

    4/21/2026Senate

  15. Called from the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  16. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  17. Notice given.

    4/20/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

    4/20/2026House

  19. Called from the calendar.

    4/14/2026House

  20. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/14/2026House

  21. Notice given.

    4/14/2026House

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

    4/14/2026House

  23. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/13/2026House

  24. Notice given.

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/13/2026House

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