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HB426 • 2026

CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

Crime
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Tammy Phelps
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice - Considered 4/14/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

What This Bill Does

  • CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Draft

Plain English: HCAHB426 4274 3161 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB426 4274 3161 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 426 by Representative Phelps 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, change "R.S.
  • 14:107.3(B)" to "R.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  2. 2026-02-27 H

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

  3. 2026-02-25 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  4. 2026-02-25 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-575 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 426
BY REPRESENTATIVE PHELPS
CRIME: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:107.3(B), relative to criminal blighting; to provide relative
3 to culpability; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 14:107.3(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 §107.3. Criminal blighting of property
7 * * *
8 B. Criminal blighting of property is the intentional or criminally negligent
9 permitting of the existence of a condition of deterioration of property by the property
10 owner, a representative or agent of the property owner, or anyone with custody,
11 control, or ownership of the property, which that is deemed to have occurred when
12 the property has been declared or certified as blighted or a public nuisance by an
13 administrative hearing officer acting pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 or 2576, or any other
14 applicable law.
15 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-575 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 426
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 426 Original 2026 Regular Session Phelps
Abstract: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property and adds other responsible
persons who may be subject to prosecution.
Present law provides for the crime of criminal blighting of property.
Proposed law generally retains present law.
Present law provides that criminal blighting of property is the intentional or criminally
negligent permitting of the existence of a condition of deterioration of property by the
owner, which is deemed to have occurred when the property has been declared or certified
as blighted after an administrative hearing pursuant to present law (R.S. 13:2575 or 2576).
Proposed law amends present law to include a representative or agent of the property owner
or anyone with custody, control, or ownership of the property as individuals who may be
subject to prosecution for criminal blighting.
(Amends R.S. 14:107.3(B))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.