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LouisianaSB 1722026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

PLANNING/ZONING: Provides relative to planning commissions. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Jay Luneau (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Municipal, Parochial and Cultural AffairsLocal and Municipal Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Subdivision restrictions become enforceable for property owners

Beginning August 1, 2026, parish planning commissions' restrictions listed on subdivision plans before approval and recording carry zoning-rule force. They have the same enforcement methods and penalties, and the same process for changing or removing them. Approved subdivision plans become part of the official plan, but approval does not mean public acceptance of streets or open spaces. Planning commissions can recommend changes to local zoning rules or maps to match their zoning recommendations for approved subdivisions.

Subdivision applicants get deadlines and hearing waivers

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana planning commissions must approve or reject subdivision plans within 60 days after submission. If they do not act, the plan is automatically approved, and the commission must issue a certificate on demand. Applicants can waive the deadline and agree to an extension; commissions must record their reasons for rejection. A hearing is required before action unless an allowed waiver applies. Each plan must name a contact and address for hearing notices. Commissions must send certified-mail notice and publish at least one notice in a newspaper serving the surrounding area. Both notices must be given at least five days before the hearing; mailed notices must state its time and place. Commissions can waive public hearings for subdivisions creating five or fewer lots and no new streets, without a population threshold. Waiver rules must be clearly stated in official subdivision regulations.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jay Luneau

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 133 • No: 7

House vote • 5/18/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 7. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 84 • No: 7

House vote • 5/7/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/23/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 359.

    5/22/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/22/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/19/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/19/2026House

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

    5/18/2026House

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 7. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/18/2026House

  8. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/18/2026Senate

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/12/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/11/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/7/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

    3/25/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/24/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/23/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/16/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/11/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

    2/25/2026Senate

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