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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 426 expands criminal property blighting liability to agents and custodians
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Sponsor: Tammy Phelps
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 426 expands liability for the crime of criminal blighting to include representatives, agents, custodians, or anyone exercising control over a deteriorating property, alongside the property owner. The measure applies to properties officially declared blighted or a public nuisance by an .
Property managers, real estate agents, and individuals with custody or control over neglected real estate face direct criminal liability for property deterioration under the expanded statute.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Property agents and custodians
Individuals with custody, control, or agency over property become subject to criminal prosecution for property deterioration.
Property owners
Property owners share potential criminal culpability regarding property deterioration with their designated representatives, agents, or custodians.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 25, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 25, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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