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LouisianaHB 8162026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Prohibits foreign adversaries from acquiring or owning property near military installations (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Jack "Jay" William Gallé Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Prohibited owners face fines and forced sales

Violators face a $50,000 civil penalty and forfeiture if they fail to divest within one year after a court judgment. The Louisiana attorney general can order them to give up their property interest within 90 days after receiving the order. Owners have 60 days after receiving it to request a court review; otherwise, the determination becomes final. A court that finds a violation must order a judicial sale. The minimum sale price must cover property taxes, mortgages, liens, broker commissions, and sale costs. After required payments and adjustments, remaining proceeds go to the Louisiana Department of Justice.

Foreign adversaries face property limits near bases

Beginning August 1, 2026, the law generally covers new property acquisitions within 25 miles of listed Louisiana military installations. Foreign adversaries and prohibited foreign actors cannot directly or indirectly own, buy, lease, or obtain other interests there. Covered actors include foreign adversaries designated under federal rules, their agents, controlled entities, and certain citizens. Exceptions protect U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, other people with federal permission to be here, and entities wholly owned by them. Individuals who acquire and use property as a one-to-four-family residence also qualify for an exception. Foreign-adversary agents cannot use the specified exceptions. Prohibited actors can still sell or transfer their interests.

Property buyers and lenders gain safeguards

Before transfer, buyers, renters, and other contracting parties can cancel after finding a foreign-adversary ownership interest that violates the law. They can also cancel after receiving the attorney general’s court petition to stop the transaction. Enforcement preserves specified mortgages, liens, security interests, and rights of people who did not knowingly deal with prohibited actors. The attorney general must record the case within three business days and notify holders of relevant property interests. Recorded claims must be canceled within three business days after judgment or a qualifying transfer-related request. The attorney general can seek a court deposit of sale proceeds tied to the foreign actor’s interest, after required deductions. Forfeiture applies only while the prohibited actor owns the property; later property rights are not invalid solely because of prior ownership.

Real estate participants avoid screening liability

Covered real estate participants do not have to investigate whether a transaction party is a foreign adversary or prohibited actor. They are not liable for failing to identify one. This protection covers lawyers, title insurers and producers, lenders, mortgage servicers, notaries, agents, brokers, sellers, and lessors. It also covers their specified officers and employees.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jack "Jay" William Gallé Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

  • Joe Stagni

    Affiliation unavailable

  • John E. Wyble

    Republican • House

  • Kellee Hennessy Dickerson

    Republican • House

  • Michael Charles Echols

    Republican • House

  • Michael Melerine

    Republican • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Paul Sawyer

    Republican • House

  • Peter F. Egan Sr.

    Republican • House

  • R. Dewith Carrier

    Republican • House

  • Raymond J. Crews

    Republican • House

  • Robert Allain

    Republican • Senate

  • Rodney Schamerhorn

    Republican • House

  • Roger William Wilder III

    Republican • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 232 • No: 1

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 92 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/27/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 32 • No: 1

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 845.

    6/8/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/8/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

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

    5/31/2026House

  6. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  7. Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/29/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/28/2026House

  9. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/27/2026Senate

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

    5/26/2026Senate

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

    5/25/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    5/11/2026Senate

  15. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    5/7/2026House

  16. Called from the calendar.

    5/7/2026House

  17. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/6/2026House

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

    5/6/2026House

  20. Reported with amendments (15-0).

    5/5/2026House

  21. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    3/9/2026House

  22. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

  23. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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