LA HB 816

enacted

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Prohibits foreign adversaries from acquiring or owning property near military installations (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did LA HB 816 pass?

Yes. LA HB 816 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-27. Latest recorded action (2026-02-27): Prefiled.

What is LA HB 816 about?

LA HB 816 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “MILITARY AFFAIRS: Prohibits foreign adversaries from acquiring or owning property near military installations (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 816?

Jay Galle is the primary sponsor of LA HB 816, joined by 32 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-02-27 — Prefiled.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-06-08
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-08
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 845.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-01
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-06-01
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-31
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-29
Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-29
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-28
Received from the Senate with amendments.
receipt
2026-05-27
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-26
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-25
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-21
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-12
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-11
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-05-07
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-05-07
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-07
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-05-06
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
2026-05-06
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-05-05
Reported with amendments (15-0).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-27
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Prefiled.
filing

Versions

House Committee Amendment, #1385, JUD, DraftCompare
House Committee Amendment, #4714, JUD, AdoptedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #4956, Galle, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #4492, Bass, AdoptedCompare
HB816 OriginalCompare
HB816 EngrossedCompare
HB816 ReengrossedCompare
HB816 EnrolledCompare
HB816 Act 845Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#982)
2026-05-07 · pass · 93-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Domangue: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Adams: yes
- Echols: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Egan: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Firment: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Miller: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Moore: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Murray: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Galle: yes
- Newell: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Braud: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Illg: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Butler: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Knox: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carver: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Cox: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Crews: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wright: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Young: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Bagley: other
- Glorioso: other
- McCormick: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Green: other
- Stagni: other
- Edmonston: other
- Jackson: other
- Taylor: other
- Fisher: other
- Landry, T.: other
- Walters: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1448)
2026-05-27 · pass · 32-1
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Foil: yes
- Morris: yes
- Allain: yes
- Harris: yes
- Myers: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Owen: yes
- Bass: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Reese: yes
- Carter: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Womack: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Luneau: no
- Barthelemy: other
- Jackson-Andrews: other
- Selders: other
- Duplessis: other
- Price: other
- Stine: other
CO-AUTHORS (#1449)
2026-05-27 · fail · 14-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Allain: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Bass: yes
- Foil: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Abraham: other
- Jenkins: other
- Price: other
- Barrow: other
- Kleinpeter: other
- Reese: other
- Barthelemy: other
- Lambert: other
- Seabaugh: other
- Carter: other
- Luneau: other
- Selders: other
- Cloud: other
- McMath: other
- Stine: other
- Duplessis: other
- Miller: other
- Wheat: other
- Edmonds: other
- Morris: other
- Womack: other
- Harris: other
- Myers: other
- Jackson-Andrews: other
- Owen: other
CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1741)
2026-05-29 · pass · 92-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Bryant: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Butler: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Illg: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Jackson: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carter, W.: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carver: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Chassion: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Coates: yes
- Knox: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Cox: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Turner: yes
- Crews: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wright: yes
- Echols: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Mack: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Egan: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Carpenter: other
- Schlegel: other
- Bagley: other
- Geymann: other
- Walters: other
- Bayham: other
- McFarland: other
- Young: other
- Boyd: other
- Melerine: other
- Brass: other
- Orgeron: other
- Adams: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Firment: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Fisher: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Mena: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Miller: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Moore: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Galle: yes
- Murray: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Green: yes
- Newell: yes
- Braud: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Owen: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Phelps: yes

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