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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 580 Prohibits Hidden Fees and Conditions in Real Estate Advertising and Transactions
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.Sponsor: Mandie Landry
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana HB 580 prohibits any person from conducting real estate activities, advertisements, or listings that deceive, mislead, or hide fees or conditions from prospective buyers or lessees. Under the bill, any fee or condition disclosed only after a prospective buyer or lessee pays an application fee is officially classified as a hidden fee.
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.
prospective buyers
Prospective buyers gain legal protection against deceptive or hidden fees and conditions in real estate listings and advertisements.
lessees
Lessees are protected from unexpected rental fees or conditions that are withheld until after application fees are paid.
real estate sellers
Sellers and lessors are prohibited from conducting real estate activities or advertisements that hide fees or conditions.
Key Facts
- HB 580 prohibits conducting any real estate activity, public advertisement, or listing for sale or lease that deceives, misleads, or hides a fee or condition from a prospective buyer or lessee.
- Any fee or condition that is disclosed only after a prospective buyer or lessee pays an application fee is legally defined as hidden.
- The bill amends definitions in R.S. 51:1429(A) by incorporating definitions for 'real estate activity' and 'seller' referencing R.S. 37:1431.
- A 'seller' is defined as a transferor in a real estate transaction, including an owner listing real estate with an agent, receiving a purchase or lease offer, or acting as a lessor.
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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 Commerce.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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