HB368 • 2026

DISTRICTS/HISTORIC: Provides relative to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions in the city of New Orleans

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Aimee Adatto Freeman
Last action: 2026-06-23
Official status: Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 959
Effective date: Not listed

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DISTRICTS/HISTORIC: Provides relative to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions in the city of New Orleans

What This Bill Does

DISTRICTS/HISTORIC: Provides relative to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions in the city of New Orleans

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Amendments

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Summary of Senate Amendments to HB368

Filed

Plain English: SSHB368 552 6008 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 368 2026 Regular Session Freeman DISTRICTS/HISTORIC: Provides relative to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions in the city of New Orleans Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB368 552 6008 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 368 2026 Regular Session Freeman DISTRICTS/HISTORIC: Provides relative to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions in the city of New Orleans Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Provides that the municipality or parish shall have a lien and privilege against the immovable property in or on which the violation occurred.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law (Part I of Chapter 16 of Title 25) provides generally that the governing authority of any municipality, lake commission, parish council, or similar governmental unit may establish within its borders a historic preservation district commission to promote the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of the public.
Present law (Part II of Chapter 16 of Title 25) provides that the governing authority of the city of New Orleans and the parishes of Franklin, Tensas, LaSalle, Catahoula, Concordia, and Caldwell may establish within their borders a historic preservation district and/or landmark commission to promote the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of the public.

House Vote on HB 368 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1591)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1591 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 368 BY FREEMAN REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/27/2026 Time: 4:40:01 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1591 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 368 BY FREEMAN REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/27/2026 Time: 4:40:01 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.
Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
Henry, D.
Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.

Senate Floor Amendment #4184 Barthelemy Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB368 4769 4184 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Barthelemy to Engrossed House Bill No.

SFAHB368 4769 4184 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Barthelemy to Engrossed House Bill No.
368 by Representative Freeman 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 7, after "violations;" insert "to provide for liens on immovable property in 3 or on which a violation occurred;" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
2 5 On page 1, line 14, before "Notwithstanding" insert "A." 6 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-06-23 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-23 H
Becomes Act No. 959 without the Governor's signature.
2026-06-02 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-06-01 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-06-01 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-31 H
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
2026-05-31 S
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays.
2026-05-31 S
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
2026-05-31 H
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 82, nays 11. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
2026-05-29 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
2026-05-29 S
Conference committee report received.
2026-05-29 H
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
2026-05-29 H
Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
2026-05-28 S
Senate conference committee members appointed: Barthelemy, Luneau, and Miller.
2026-05-28 S
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
2026-05-28 H
House conferees appointed: Freeman, Gadberry, and Knox.
2026-05-27 S
Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
2026-05-27 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
2026-05-26 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
2026-05-25 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-21 S
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-11 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-27 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-04-22 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-22 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-21 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
2026-04-20 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-16 H
Reported favorably (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.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-24 H
Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.

Official Summary Text

DISTRICTS/HISTORIC: Provides relative to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions in the city of New Orleans

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 9592026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 368
BY REPRESENTATIVES FREEMAN AND KNOX
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 25:762.1, relative to the city of New Orleans; to provide relative
3 to historic preservation districts and landmarks commissions; to provide relative to
4 regulations established by such districts and commissions; to provide relative to the
5 violation of such regulations; to provide relative to penalties imposed for certain
6 violations; to increase the maximum penalties authorized to be levied for such
7 violations; to provide for liens on immovable property in or on which a violation
8 occurred; and to provide for related matters.
9 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
10 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
11 Louisiana.
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
13 Section 1. R.S. 25:762.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
14 §762.1. Commission enforcement powers; city of New Orleans
15 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of
16 New Orleans, any owner, agent, lessee, or other person acting for or in conjunction
17 with him who demolishes a structure or edifice located in the city of New Orleans
18 without having received an appropriate certificate of appropriateness may be fined
19 a single fine of not more than the greater of twenty-five fifty thousand dollars or
20 fifteen percent of the assessed value of the structure or edifice in accordance with the
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1 assessed value immediately preceding the demolition as provided for in the tax rolls
2 of the city.
3 B. The municipality or parish shall have a lien and privilege against the
4 immovable property in or on which the violation occurred. The lien and privilege
5 shall secure all fines, costs, and penalties which are assessed by the municipality or
6 parish in accordance with this Section and described in the order, judgment, notice
7 of judgment, or lien. For the lien and privilege to arise and exist, the order, judgment,
8 notice of judgment, or lien assessing any fines, costs, and penalties shall be recorded
9 in the mortgage office of the parish in which the immovable property, or any portion
10 thereof, in or on which the violation occurred, is situated. The recordation shall have
11 the effect of a judicial mortgage against the immovable property described therein
12 and may be enforced against the immovable property described therein upon
13 application of the municipality or parish to the clerk of the district court for issuance
14 of a writ in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Article 2253. The remedies
15 established in this Chapter are nonexclusive and may be pursued independently of
16 each other and in addition to other remedies provided by law. In order for the lien
17 and privilege to arise, the order, judgment, notice of judgment, or lien shall be final
18 and not subject to appeal when recorded in the mortgage office. The lien and
19 privilege shall have ranking as provided by R.S. 9:4821(A)(1).
20 C. Any liens placed against such immovable property shall be included in
21 the next annual ad valorem tax bill and shall be paid along with such taxes, subject,
22 however, to any valid homestead exemption. Failure to pay the liens shall cause the
23 immovable property in or on which the violation occurred to be subject to the same
24 provisions of law that govern tax liens on immovable property in accordance with
25 the property tax lien auction procedures as set forth in R.S. 47:2122 et seq. In
26 addition, failure to pay the liens shall also cause such liens and privileges to be
27 subject to enforcement in accordance with R.S. 13:2576. Any liens placed against
28 immovable property that has a legal homestead exemption from taxes will become
29 payable ninety days after the death of the owner thereof or immediately upon
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1 recordation of any conventional mortgage on the immovable property or transfer of
2 title to a new owner, whichever occurs first.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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