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LouisianaHB 2972026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

LEASES: Expands early lease termination to include stalking and cyberstalking

Sponsored By: Mandie Landry (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary ACivil Law and Procedure

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

Stalking victims can end rental leases early

Louisiana expands early lease termination rights to renters whose household experiences stalking or cyberstalking, alongside existing domestic abuse protections. The victim must be the renter or a household member. Renters must provide reasonable proof of qualifying abuse at the rental home within the past 30 days. For stalking or cyberstalking away from home, renters must explain in writing why staying threatens safety, supported by the required certification. Qualified certifiers include licensed clinical social workers or licensed professional counselors employed by community shelters contracted with Louisiana’s child and family services department. Prosecutors and investigating law enforcement officers personally involved in the related criminal case also qualify. The certification identifies the certifier and organization, describes incidents with dates, times and locations, and names perpetrators when known. It includes sworn statements under penalty of perjury, permission to verify the claim, and the certifier’s signature and license or organizational tax number. Signing does not waive legal privilege. Rent remains owed until the early termination date or an agreed move-out date; security deposit rules still apply.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Mandie Landry

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Beth Anne Billings

    Republican • House

  • Candace N. Newell

    Democratic • House

  • Christopher Turner

    Republican • House

  • Dana Henry

    Democratic • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Larvadain III

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Murray

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Laurie Schlegel

    Republican • House

  • Marcus Anthony Bryant

    Democratic • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Pat Moore

    Democratic • House

  • Rodney Lyons

    Democratic • House

  • Ryan Bourriaque

    Republican • House

  • Sylvia Elaine Taylor

    Democratic • House

  • Terry Landry Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Timothy P. Kerner

    Republican • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

  • Wayne McMahen

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 124 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/6/2026

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 • 3/26/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 88 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.

    5/11/2026Senate

  2. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 64.

    5/11/2026House

  3. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/8/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/6/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    4/22/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/21/2026Senate

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

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/26/2026House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/24/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (7-0-1).

    3/23/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/24/2026House

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

    2/24/2026House

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