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HB1129 • 2026

PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Rodney Schamerhorn
Last action
2026-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 877
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

What This Bill Does

  • PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: SSHB1129 4448 6116 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 1129 2026 Regular Session Schamerhorn PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB1129 4448 6116 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 1129 2026 Regular Session Schamerhorn PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Requires that the preference for in-state auctioneers apply to auctions conducted in public and by internet sale.
  • Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law authorizes the commissioner of administration to sell state-owned surplus movable property at public auction.
  • Authorizes the commissioner of administration to hire qualified licensed auctioneers to handle the sale.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1710 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 1129 BY SCHAMERHORN CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:38:04 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: 1710 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 1129 BY SCHAMERHORN CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:38:04 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 Johnson, M.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB1129 2282 3769 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB1129 2282 3769 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 1129 by Representative Schamerhorn 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, at the beginning of line 2, delete "To amend and reenact R.S.
  • 39:330.1(A)(1)," 3 and insert "To enact R.S.
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB1129 2282 3713 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB1129 2282 3713 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 1129 by Representative Schamerhorn 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, at the beginning of line 2, delete "To amend and reenact R.S.
  • 39:330.1(A)(1)," 3 and insert "To enact R.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-09 H

    Effective date: 06/09/2026.

  2. 2026-06-09 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 877.

  3. 2026-06-02 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-31 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-25 S

    Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-18 S

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

  11. 2026-05-14 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-05-13 S

    Reported with amendments.

  13. 2026-04-29 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  14. 2026-04-28 S

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

  15. 2026-04-28 H

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

  16. 2026-04-23 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

  17. 2026-04-23 H

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

  18. 2026-04-22 H

    Reported favorably (17-0).

  19. 2026-04-01 H

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

  20. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the selling of state-owned surplus movable property (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 8772026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1129
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAMERHORN
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 39:330.1(A)(3), relative to the sale of surplus state-owned property; to provide
3 for preference of in-state auctioneers; to provide for an effective date; and to provide
4 for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 39:330.1(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §330.1. Sale of surplus property
8 A.(1)
9 * * *
10 (3) Where both in-state and out-of-state auctioneers are bidding, in-state
11 auctioneers shall be given preference, provided the services are equal in quality and
12 do not exceed cost by more than ten percent of services available from outside the
13 state. The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply to auctions conducted pursuant to
14 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection.
15 * * *
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HB NO. 1129 ENROLLED
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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