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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Updates Membership, Qualifications, and Term Limits for the State Board of Home Inspectors
Last action · June 1, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Polly Thomas
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana HB 267 revises the membership, appointment candidate lists, qualifications, and term limits for the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors, establishing a two-term limit and specific licensing longevity rules.
Changes the eligibility requirements, nominating organizations, and service limits for individuals appointed to regulate home inspectors across the state.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Licensed home inspectors
Home inspectors face updated eligibility criteria for board service, nominating rights, and licensing longevity rules.
Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors
The board's composition rules, member term limits, and appointment procedures are altered.
Key Facts
- The board is composed of one member from each congressional district and one at-large member appointed by the governor.
- Candidates and nominating licensees must have held a license for at least three years, have no board rule or licensing law violations within the preceding three years, and be in good standing.
- Board members must be United States citizens, state residents, and have been actively engaged in full-time home inspection for three years preceding appointment.
- Members are appointed for terms of four years and may serve a maximum of two terms total, whether consecutive or non-consecutive.
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- A formal nomination is required for reappointment to a second consecutive term.
- A board member whose term has ended may continue to serve until a replacement is appointed, and this interim service does not count toward term limits.
- Vacancies caused by death, resignation, or disability are filled for the unexpired term by the governor from the respective congressional district.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 632.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 26, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 25, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 25, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 25, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
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- May 21, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 18, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 14, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 13, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 19. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 21, 2026HouseReported with amendments (11-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 23, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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