HB1051 • 2026

PROPERTY/VACANT SUBSTAND: Provides relative to the demolition of certain dilapidated property in the city of Shreveport

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Tammy Phelps
Last action: 2026-06-08
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 869
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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PROPERTY/VACANT SUBSTAND: Provides relative to the demolition of certain dilapidated property in the city of Shreveport

What This Bill Does

PROPERTY/VACANT SUBSTAND: Provides relative to the demolition of certain dilapidated property in the city of Shreveport

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Summary of Senate Amendments to HB1051

Filed

Plain English: SSHB1051 552 6121 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 1051 2026 Regular Session Phelps PROPERTY/VACANT SUBSTAND: Provides relative to the demolition of certain dilapidated property in the city of Shreveport Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB1051 552 6121 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 1051 2026 Regular Session Phelps PROPERTY/VACANT SUBSTAND: Provides relative to the demolition of certain dilapidated property in the city of Shreveport Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Specifies that a property owner must demolish any structure on his property that has become dilapidated and presents a danger to the health and welfare of the city's residents.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law (R.S.
33:4761) provides that the governing authority of any parish or municipality may condemn and cause to be demolished or removed any building or structure within the parish or municipality when it is in a dilapidated and dangerous condition which endangers the public welfare.

House Committee Amendment #4815 MPC Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB1051 552 4815 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB1051 552 4815 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to Original House Bill No.
1051 by Representative Phelps 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 16, after "city," and before "the property" insert "as determined by the 3 governing authority of the city of Shreveport, after consideration of reports or findings from 4 the code enforcement office, fire department, police department, and any other relevant 5 public safety officials," Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

House Committee Amendment #3915 MPC Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB1051 552 3915 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB1051 552 3915 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to Original House Bill No.
1051 by Representative Phelps 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 16, after "city," and before ""the property" insert "as determined by the 3 governing authority of the city of Shreveport, after consideration of reports or findings from 4 the code enforcement office, fire department, police department, and any other relevant 5 public safety officials," Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

House Vote on HB 1051 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1706)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1706 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 1051 BY PHELPS CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:33:50 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1706 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 1051 BY PHELPS CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:33:50 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
Henry, D.
Hilferty Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.

Senate Floor Amendment #4356 Jenkins Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB1051 4442 4356 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Jenkins to Engrossed House Bill No.

SFAHB1051 4442 4356 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Jenkins to Engrossed House Bill No.
1051 by Representative Phelps 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 19, after "the" and before "property" insert "structure on the" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

2026-06-08 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-08 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 869.
2026-06-01 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-06-01 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-31 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-29 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-27 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules 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.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-12 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-05-11 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-11 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-11 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-07 H
Notice given.
2026-05-07 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-05-06 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
2026-05-06 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-05 H
Reported with amendments (15-0).
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

PROPERTY/VACANT SUBSTAND: Provides relative to the demolition of certain dilapidated property in the city of Shreveport

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 8692026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1051
BY REPRESENTATIVE PHELPS
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:4754.1, relative to the city of Shreveport; to provide relative to commercial
3 property owners; to provide relative to certain dilapidated property; to provide
4 relative to the demolition of such property; to provide for applicability; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:4754.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §4754.1. Dilapidated property; fire damage; insurance payment; demolition
12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of
13 Shreveport, if a commercial property owner has received an insurance payment for
14 damage to his property that was caused by a fire and the property has become
15 dilapidated and presents a danger to the health and welfare of the residents of the
16 city, as determined by the governing authority of the city of Shreveport, after
17 consideration of reports or findings from the code enforcement office, fire
18 department, police department, and any other relevant public safety officials, the
19 property owner shall demolish the structure on the property.
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HB NO. 1051 ENROLLED
1 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall be applied retroactively to January 1,
2 2023, as well as prospectively.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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