HB 98 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Authorizes the parish of Lincoln to expropriate property by a declaration of taking

HB 98 authorizes Lincoln Parish to take private property through a legal "declaration of taking" process, directly affecting property owners within Lincoln Parish. The bill establishes a specific procedure for the parish to expropriate land without the owner's consent for public purposes, though it does not detail compensation or project specifics. This procedural bill changes the legal mechanism available to Lincoln Parish for acquiring property, aligning with standard eminent domain practices but applying specifically to this parish. The bill is currently in the early stages of consideration, having been prefiled and referred to a committee.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jul 2025

Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed Jul 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB98 Original → HB98 Act 484 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill expands the 'quick-take' expropriation authority, originally limited to the city of Ruston, to include the entire Parish of Lincoln. It allows the parish government to seize private property without prior compensation to fund infrastructure projects like roads, drainage, and utilities, streamlining the process for public works.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded from applying only to the city of Ruston to covering the entire Parish of Lincoln.

SCOPE

Extended quick-take expropriation authority to the Parish of Lincoln, whereas it previously applied only to the city of Ruston.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a grammatical error in the legislative text by changing 'provided for purposes' to 'provide for purposes'.

Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 12, 2025

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 37

May 29, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

23 Yea 3

88% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 21, 2025

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

May 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-0).

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors