REAL ESTATE: Requires property disclosures for vacant residential property
This bill establishes the Louisiana Real Estate Commission as a new eleven-member body within the governor's office to oversee real estate regulations. The commission will include members appointed from various state districts and congressional areas, with all appointments requiring Senate confirmation. Additionally, the legislation ensures that current commissioners serving at the time the bill takes effect will keep their existing appointment terms.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 31, 2026
Signed Jun 2, 2026
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What changed between versions
HB1166 Original
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HB1166 Act 708
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized as Act 708, updating the legal citations and refining the scope to explicitly include 'vacant residential property' in definitions and disclosure requirements. The text was cleaned up to remove redundant headers and ensure consistent formatting for the enrolled version.
Scope change
The bill's scope was clarified to explicitly cover vacant residential property alongside standard residential real property, ensuring sellers of land intended for homes must disclose known defects.
DEFINITION
Added 'vacant residential property' to the list of property types requiring disclosure documents and seller duties.
TECHNICAL
Updated the list of amended statutes to include new sections (3198.1, 37:1432) and corrected the description of the bill's purpose to include commission membership provisions.
Removed redundant title pages and introductory headers to finalize the enrolled text.
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2026 · House May 5, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
May 25, 2026
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
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.
upper
May 14, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (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
Kim Carver
RRepublican
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