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HB387 • 2026

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Foy Gadberry
Last action
2026-06-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 798
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.

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

What This Bill Does

  • ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB387 4875 5001 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Commerce to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB387 4875 5001 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Commerce to Original House Bill No.
  • 387 by Representative Gadberry 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, delete "and to enact R.S.
  • 37:701(I)(3)" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB387 4875 4864 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Commerce to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB387 4875 4864 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Commerce to Original House Bill No.
  • 387 by Representative Gadberry 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, delete "and to enact R.S.
  • 37:701(I)(3)" 3 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-08 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-08 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 798.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-27 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-27 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-26 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-25 S

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

  9. 2026-05-21 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-05-12 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

  12. 2026-05-11 S

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

  13. 2026-05-07 H

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

  14. 2026-05-06 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  15. 2026-05-06 H

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

  16. 2026-05-05 H

    Reported with amendments (12-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

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

  18. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  19. 2026-02-25 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.

  20. 2026-02-25 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 7982026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 387
BY REPRESENTATIVE GADBERRY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1574.1(C)(1), relative to the practice of professional
3 engineering and land surveying; to provide for plan review procedures by the state
4 fire marshal; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1574.1(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §1574.1. Costs of handling plans
8 * * *
9 C.(1) In the event that plans do not appear to the fire marshal to satisfactorily
10 comply with the laws, regulations, and codes of Louisiana and the regulations of the
11 state fire marshal, the state fire marshal shall furnish a letter to the party submitting
12 the plans which shall list the particular requirements of the state fire marshal which
13 must be met before the plans can be stamped "Reviewed" and before construction
14 or renovation or remodeling can begin. However, where plans for projects are
15 submitted in violation of R.S. 37:155(A)(4) or R.S. 37:701(I), no list of requirements
16 shall be provided.
* * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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