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LouisianaHB 1942026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

LIABILITY: Provides relative to peremptive periods

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: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Five-year deadline for claims against construction professionals

The law sets a five-year deadline for covered damage claims involving planning, design, construction, demolition, and related services. It covers movable and immovable projects, including consultation, drawings, specifications, investigation, evaluation, measuring, and administration. Covered Louisiana professionals include engineers, surveyors, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, specified interns and agents, and similar licensees. The law also covers real estate developers for development plans certified by a professional engineer or architect. The clock generally starts when the owner's acceptance of the work is recorded in the mortgage office. If acceptance is not recorded within six months after occupancy or possession, the clock starts on the occupancy or possession date. For claims against providers whose services do not prepare for construction, the clock starts when their services end. That same starting point applies to providers who prepare for construction but do not inspect the work. The deadline limits claimants' access to damages and protects covered professionals and developers from claims after the period ends.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Neil Riser

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Stewart Cathey Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 219 • No: 9

House vote • 5/11/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 96 • No: 1

Senate vote • 5/5/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 89 • No: 8

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 135.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/13/2026House

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

    5/12/2026House

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/11/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.

    5/7/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/6/2026House

  9. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/5/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    4/22/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    4/21/2026Senate

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

    4/8/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/7/2026House

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

    4/7/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (6-0-1).

    3/30/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/9/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

    2/20/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/18/2026House

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    2/18/2026House

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