STATE BILLLA HB 217PASSED

Authorizes an optional property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated and provides with respect to local redevelopment plans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

State of Louisiana

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: May 29, 2026; 167 days ago
Current chamber: House of Representatives
Session: 2026 Regular Session

LA HB 217 · PassedMay 29

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Bill details

Last action: Effective date: See Act. · May 29, 2026

Bill history

Newest first.

May 29, 2026Effective date: See Act.House

May 29, 2026Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 422.House

May 21, 2026Sent to the Governor for executive approval.House

May 20, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate.Senate

May 20, 2026Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.House

May 20, 2026Received from the Senate without amendments.House

May 19, 2026Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Senate

May 13, 2026Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Senate

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May 12, 2026Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Senate

May 11, 2026Reported favorably.Senate

Apr 13, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.Senate

Apr 8, 2026Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Senate

Apr 7, 2026Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.House

Apr 1, 2026Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.House

Mar 31, 2026Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.House

Mar 30, 2026Reported with amendments (17-0).House

Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.House

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

Feb 19, 2026Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.House

Feb 19, 2026Prefiled.House

Recorded votes

House Vote on HB 217 FINAL PASSAGE (#301)Apr 7, 2026 · House · 84 yea · 12 nayPassed

Senate Vote on HB 217 FINAL PASSAGE (#1010)May 19, 2026 · Senate · 32 yea · 2 nayPassed

Senate Vote on HB 217 CO-AUTHORS (#1011)May 19, 2026 · Senate · 5 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION

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Authorizes an optional property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated and provides with respect to local redevelopment plans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

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Authorizes an optional property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated and provides with respect to local redevelopment plans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

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