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HB467 • 2026

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof in a parish in the coastal zone boundary

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof in a parish in the coastal zone boundary

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Aimee Adatto Freeman
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Commerce - Considered 4/13/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof in a parish in the coastal zone boundary

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof in a parish in the coastal zone boundary

What This Bill Does

  • BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof in a parish in the coastal zone boundary

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

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

  2. 2026-02-27 H

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

  3. 2026-02-26 H

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

  4. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof in a parish in the coastal zone boundary

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-1121 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 467
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN
BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to standards when constructing a residential roof in
a parish in the coastal zone boundary
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:1730.28.2(A)(4), relative to standards when constructing residential roofs
3 in a parish in the coastal boundary; to provide for fortified roofs on residential
4 property in the coastal zone boundary; to provide for a certified fortified roof
5 designation; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:1730.28.2(A)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §1730.28.2. State Uniform Construction Code; requirements and prohibitions
9 A. The State Uniform Construction Code shall:
10 * * *
11 (4) For the entirety of a parish that is located, in whole or in part, in the
12 coastal zone boundary, as designated by R.S. 49:214.24, require that residential
13 structures, built on or after January 1, 2027, are built with a roof that meets the latest
14 fortified roof building standards of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home
15 Safety and are inspected such that the residential structure receives a certified
16 fortified roof designation from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety.
17 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-1121 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 467
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 467 Original 2026 Regular Session Freeman
Abstract: Provides relative to the construction of a roof in a parish in the coastal zone
boundary.
Present law provides for requirements and prohibitions for the State Uniform Construction
Code.
Proposed law retains requirements and prohibitions in present law and adds that for an
entirety of a parish located, in whole or in part, in the coastal zone boundary, designated by
present law, residential structures, built on or after January 1, 2027, are required to be built
with a roof that meets the latest fortified roof building standards of the Insurance Institute
for Business and Home Safety and are inspected such that the residential structure receives
a certified fortified roof designation from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home
Safety.
(Adds R.S. 40:1730.28.2(A)(4))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.