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HB387 • 2026

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

ARCHITECTS: Provides relative to professional engineering and land surveying

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Foy Gadberry
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Sent to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Architects and Engineers: Plan Review Rules

This bill changes the rules for how building plans are reviewed by the state fire marshal to ensure compliance with Louisiana's laws, regulations, and codes.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the procedures for reviewing building plans to make sure they follow Louisiana’s laws, regulations, and codes.
  • Requires the state fire marshal to send a letter if a plan does not meet all requirements.
  • Doesn't allow the fire marshal to provide a list of needed changes for certain types of projects.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who submit building plans to the state fire marshal
  • The state fire marshal and their office

Terms To Know

Plan review procedures
Steps taken by officials to check if a building plan follows safety rules.
State Fire Marshal
The person in charge of fire safety regulations for the state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear what will happen after the Governor signs this bill.
  • This summary does not include all parts of the bill, only those related to plan reviews.

Amendments

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

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. 2026-05-28 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. 2026-05-27 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-27 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. 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.

  6. 2026-05-25 S

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

  7. 2026-05-21 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  8. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported favorably.

  9. 2026-05-12 S

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

  10. 2026-05-11 S

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

  11. 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.

  12. 2026-05-06 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  13. 2026-05-06 H

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

  14. 2026-05-05 H

    Reported with amendments (12-0).

  15. 2026-03-09 H

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

  16. 2026-02-27 H

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

  17. 2026-02-25 H

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

  18. 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
2026 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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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.