SB 334 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for enforcement of ordinances by a municipality or parish relative to public health, housing, fire codes, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, licensing and permits. (8/1/26)

SB 334 would allow Louisiana municipalities and parishes to impose civil fines for violations of local ordinances related to public health, housing safety, fire codes, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, and licensing. Property owners, tenants, or their agents would face these fines for issues like unsafe housing conditions or unkept properties. In cities with over 70,000 residents, the fines could also apply to building code and zoning violations, while excluding manufacturing facilities regulated under separate laws. The bill clarifies enforcement procedures but does not create new violations.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed May 22, 2026

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MINOR

This bill updates the definition of 'housing violations' to include violations of building, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances, but only in municipalities with a population of 70,000 or more. Previously, these broader ordinance violations were not included in the definition of housing violations under this specific chapter. The bill also removes the population limitation for applying administrative adjudication procedures to enforcement of these ordinances in general, allowing smaller municipalities to use these procedures for a wider range of violations.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of ordinances subject to enforcement procedures. It adds building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances to the list of enforceable items, but restricts this expansion to municipalities with 70,000+ residents. Conversely, it removes the population threshold requirement for using administrative adjudication procedures for other ordinance enforcement.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'housing violations' was modified to include building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances, but this inclusion is now limited to municipalities with a population of 70,000 or more.

ELIGIBILITY

The requirement that municipalities must have a population of 70,000 or more to use administrative adjudication procedures for ordinance enforcement was removed, allowing smaller municipalities to use these procedures.

ENFORCEMENT

Added the ability for municipalities with 70,000+ residents to enforce building, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances using the same administrative adjudication procedures previously reserved for public health and housing issues.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2026 · House May 18, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 39

Mar 23, 2026

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

25 Yea 3

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 11, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

May 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Mar 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors