CRIME/THEFT: Adds theft or unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure as a predicate crime for terrorism (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB 429 adds theft or unauthorized entry of oil and gas facilities - including drilling, production, transportation, and storage equipment - as a specific act that qualifies as terrorism under Louisiana law. It directly affects individuals who steal or trespass at these facilities by making such acts punishable as terrorism, not just theft. The bill defines "critical infrastructure" to explicitly include oil and gas operations and sets a minimum 20-year prison sentence for terrorism convictions involving these facilities. This amendment changes the legal classification of such crimes, increasing penalties for offenses previously treated as theft.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 25, 2026
Signed Jun 8, 2026
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MINOR
This bill expands the definition of critical infrastructure to include public drinking water systems, sewer treatment facilities, and oil fields. It adds unauthorized entry into these new facilities and the use of drones over them as predicate crimes for terrorism. Additionally, the penalty for committing terrorism via theft or unauthorized entry of critical infrastructure was reduced from a mandatory minimum of 20 years to a range of 5 to 20 years.
Scope change
The bill broadens the scope of protected critical infrastructure to explicitly cover water systems, sewer facilities, and oil fields, and extends criminal liability to include the unauthorized operation of unmanned aircraft systems over these sites.
DEFINITION
Added public drinking water systems, sewer treatment facilities, and oil fields to the list of critical infrastructure.
ENFORCEMENT
Added unauthorized entry into restricted areas of critical infrastructure and the intentional operation of drones over critical infrastructure as new predicate crimes for terrorism.
Reduced the mandatory minimum prison sentence for terrorism involving critical infrastructure theft or unauthorized entry from 20 years to 5 years.
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2026 · House Apr 7, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 26, 2026
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 20, 2026
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jacob Landry
RRepublican
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