LouisianaShreveport requires demolition of dangerous fire-damaged commercial property
In Shreveport, commercial owners who received insurance money for fire damage must demolish dilapidated property if the city finds it dangerous to residents.
What it does
In Shreveport, owners must demolish commercial property after receiving an insurance payment for fire damage if the city finds the dilapidated property dangerous to residents.
Argument forResidents could face less danger from dilapidated fire-damaged buildings when the city finds them unsafe and owners must demolish them.
Argument againstOwners may have to demolish a building the city finds dangerous, even if they would prefer to repair it.
More detail
The owner must demolish the structure. This applies in Shreveport to commercial property whose owner received an insurance payment for fire damage and whose property became dilapidated. The city must determine that the property endangers residents' health or welfare after considering reports or findings from code enforcement, fire, police, and other relevant public safety officials. The law applies retroactively to January 1, 2023, and prospectively. The action history gives an effective date of August 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 869.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1706). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1292). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18Reported favorably.Minor
- May 12Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.Minor
- May 11Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1138). Result: pass.Lower
- May 11Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- May 11Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 7Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- May 7Notice given.
- May 7Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
- May 6Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 6Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- May 5Reported with amendments (15-0).Minor
- Mar 31Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Minor
- Mar 30Read by title. Lies over under the rules.Introduced
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