HB 440 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE: Provides relative to association documents of planned communities

HB 440 amends the laws governing the recorded documents for planned community associations to clarify how specific sections of the statute are referenced. The bill changes the language used in the official records to ensure that citations point directly to the correct subsections of the new law rather than using a different phrasing. This adjustment affects homeowners and property managers in planned communities by standardizing how their governing documents are legally described. The change is a technical update designed to improve clarity in legal records without altering the underlying rights or obligations of the communities involved.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 29, 2024 Last action May 28, 2024
Floor votes · House May 7, 2024

How they voted

950
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 102
May 7, 2024
D Democratic32
30 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican70
65 Yea 5
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 22, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (9-0-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors