SB 71 — PUBLIC LANDS: Provides for the transfer of certain property in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 350.
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✓Introduced
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 22, 2026.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
The bill allows for the transfer of specific property in Lafayette Parish.
This legislation facilitates the transfer of certain public land in Lafayette Parish to a designated entity. It aims to manage land use and ownership of public properties.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
107 added · 123 removedPlain-language change summary
In the updated version of Bill SB 71, a reference to "ACTNo.350" has been removed. This change means the bill no longer includes that specific act, which may simplify its provisions or remove outdated information. This adjustment is important because it helps to streamline the legislation, focusing on what's relevant and current for the public and lawmakers.
SLS 26RS-160 ENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
71 BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX PUBLICAND LANDS.ProvidesforthetransferofcertainpropertyinREPRESENTATIVE LafayetteParish.(govsig)CHASSION AN ACT To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property;
ADV-19-A-P1 and ADV-19-C-P1 as shown on Sheet PageNo(s). 1 of 5 Coding:
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0009(803),0009(803),I-10 I-10 CONNECTOR (LAFAYETTE), ROUTE I- 49,LAFAYETTEPARISH,preparedbyKennethFontenot,professionalPage land1 surveyor,of dated5 AugustCoding: 13, 2007, and revised 1/26/09, said map being attached hereto and made a part hereof, which property is more particularly described as follows:
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71 ENROLLED 49,LAFAYETTEPARISH,preparedbyKennethFontenot,professional land surveyor, dated August 13, 2007, and revised 1/26/09, said map being attached hereto and made a part hereof, which property is more particularly described as follows:
and Y = 629,227.48 ft;THENCEft; North24°45' 36" West for a distance of 200.00 feet to a corner having coordinates of X = 3,065,246.91 ft.
andTHENCE YNorth 24° 45' 36" Westforadistanceof 200.00 feet to a corner having coordinates of X = 629,409.093,065,246.91 ft.;ft.
THENCEand North65°14'Y = 629,409.09 ft.;THENCE North 65° 14' 24" East for a distancedistanceof of 125.00 feettoacorneronthewesterlyrightofwayofWestGrantStreethaving coordinates of X = 3,065,360.42 ft.
THENCE South 24° 45' 36" East along the westerly right of way of West Grant Street for a distance of 200.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, all containing 0.547 acre, and being more fully described as ADV-19-A-P1 on a map of survey titled "Right of Way Map, State ProjectProjectNo. No.
and being the northeasterly intersection of Cypress Street and Third Street, said corner having coordinates of PageX=3,065,171.76 2ft. of 5 Coding:
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71 X=3,065,171.76 ft.
and Y=629,351.06Page ft.;2 of 5 Coding:
THENCEWords Northwhich 26°are 32'struck 55"through Eastare fordeletions afrom distanceexisting oflaw; 93.08 feet to a corner on the southerly right of way of Second Street havingcoordinatesofX=3,065,122.56ft.andY=629,434.33ft.;THENCE North65°14' 08" East along thesoutherlyrightofwayofSecondStreet for a distance of 77.35 feet to a corner having coordinates of X=3,065,192.80 ft.
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
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71 ENROLLED Y=629,351.06 ft.;
THENCE North 26° 32' 55" East for a distance of 93.08 feet to a corner on the southerly right of way of Second Street havingcoordinatesofX=3,065,122.56ft.andY=629,434.33ft.;THENCE North65°14' 08"Eastalongthesoutherlyrightofwayof Second Street for a distance of 77.35 feet to a corner having coordinates of X=3,065,192.80 ft.
THENCE South 24° 14' 20" EastforaEastforadistanceof88.00feettoacorneron distanceofthenortherlyrightofway 88.00feettoacorneronthenortherlyrightofway of Third Street having coordinates of X=3,065,258.03 ft.
AND One (1) certain tract or parcel of land, together with all the improvements situated thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining,situatedinSection67,Township09South,Range04East, Southwest Land District, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, identified as PARCELNO.ADV-13-P1asshownonSheetNo.1,onthepropertymap Pagefor 3STATE ofPROJECT 5NO. Coding:
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71 for STATE PROJECT NO.
0009(803), LAFAYETTE CONNECTION, ROUTE l-49, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, prepared by Kenneth Fontenot, professional land surveyor,datedNovember15,2006,saidmapbeingattachedheretoand madePage a3 partof hereto5 whichCoding: property is more particularly described as follows:
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71 ENROLLED made a part hereto which property is more particularly described as follows:
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One and Two (1 and 2) of Square 16 of said Addition, each of said lots having a front of twenty-five (25) feeton Grant AvenueAvenueby bya adepthdepth in parallel lines of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet;
Also that certain lot of ground together with all improvements thereon and thereunto belonging, situated in the McComb Addition to the City of Lafayette,Louisiana,Lafayette, Louisiana, and according to a map of said Addition on tile in the Clerk's office of the Parish of Lafayette,is known and designated asLotNo.Three(3)ofBlockSixteen(16)thereof;measuringtwenty-five (25)feetbyadepthinparallellinesofonehundredandtwenty-five(125) feet, and being bounded on the North by Lot One (1);
Section2.ThesecretaryoftheDepartmentofTransportationandDevelopment is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, Pagetothepropertydescribedin 4Section1of this Act,and as morespecificallydescribedin any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the secretary of 5the Coding:Department of Transportation and Development and the Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.
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71 tothepropertydescribedinSection1ofENROLLED thisSection Act,and3. as morespecifically describedin any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development and the Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.
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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 71 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Boudreaux Authorizes the secretary of DOTD to transfer certain property in Lafayette Parish to the Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority.
Provides for the reservation of mineral rights to the state.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Natural Resources to the original bill 1.
Changes commissioner of administration to secretaryof DOTD.
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View plain text versions (4)
- Enrolled SB71 Enrolled Current pdf
- Engrossed SB71 Engrossed pdf
- SB71 Act 350 View text pdf
- SB71 Original View text pdf
Amendments
2 amendments- Senate Committee Amendment, #764, NATR, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #711, NATR, Draft Show changes
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 350.
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Effective date 5/22/2026.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Received from the House without amendments.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
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Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Sponsors
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion · Cosponsor
- Gerald Boudreaux · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Gerald Boudreaux Democrat
Co-sponsors (1)
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat
Not signed on (145)
145 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 145 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 64 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 94 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (38)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 71?
- SB 71 is sponsored by Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat) and Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 71?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2026. Enacted.
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