HB 718 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides a limitation of liability to a landowner who authorizes the free use of his private property for aeronautical activities at nonpublic use airports

HB 718 limits liability for private landowners who allow free aeronautical activities (like recreational flying) on their land at nonpublic use airports. It protects landowners from lawsuits for injuries caused by land defects, unless they acted maliciously or failed to warn about known dangers. The law applies to all recreational aeronautical use, whether the landowner charges a fee or not, but does not relieve users from their duty to exercise reasonable care. Landowners remain liable only for intentional harm or willful failure to warn about hazards they knew about.
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 27, 2026 Signed Jun 8, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB718 Original HB718 Act 826 · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill was finalized and enrolled into law as Act 826, changing its status from a proposed draft to an official legislative act. The substantive legal text regarding liability limitations for landowners allowing aeronautical activities remains identical to the original version, with no changes to the rules or definitions.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; it continues to limit liability for landowners permitting recreational use of their property for nonpublic use airports.
TECHNICAL

The document was updated from a draft 'Original' bill to an 'Enrolled' Act, indicating it has passed all legislative stages and is now law.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2026 · House Apr 7, 2026

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 21, 2026
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 21, 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 13, 2026
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (5-0-1).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Ryan Bourriaque
Ryan Bourriaque
RRepublican
LA
47