BUILDING CODES: Provides with respect to the regulation of construction or improvement of industrial facilities
This bill, HB 1103, updates Louisiana building code regulations to exempt specific industrial facilities from local building permit requirements. It directly affects manufacturers of search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems and instruments. The key provision removes the need for municipalities and parishes to apply building codes to construction or improvements inside secured or fenced areas of these facilities. This exemption applies only to industrial activities classified under the specified NAICS code 334511 and does not affect other industrial sectors or general construction regulations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Mar 31, 2026
Signed May 29, 2026
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MINOR
This bill updates Louisiana law to explicitly exempt certain industrial facilities from local building permit and code requirements. The primary change is the addition of 'search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing' to the list of industrial activities that are exempt from municipal regulation when performed inside secured or fenced areas.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the exemption to include specific high-tech manufacturing sectors previously not explicitly listed in the statute.
SCOPE
Added 'search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing' to the list of exempt industrial activities.
REQUIREMENT
Updated the statutory text to include the new manufacturing categories in the list of facilities exempt from building permits and codes.
TECHNICAL
Removed the original bill header, digest, and coding notes, replacing them with the final enrolled act format.
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2026 · House Apr 22, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 25, 2026
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 14, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Apr 1, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Turner
RRepublican
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