PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig) (EN +$775,000 SG...
The bill authorizes the transfer of certain state-owned lands in Caddo Parish. This transfer is intended to facilitate specific local needs and development.
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SB 174 — PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig) (EN +$775,000 SG RV See Note)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 471.
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 29, 2026.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
This bill allows the transfer of specific state property in Caddo Parish.
The bill authorizes the transfer of certain state-owned lands in Caddo Parish. This transfer is intended to facilitate specific local needs and development.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
38 added · 31 removedPlain-language change summary
In the latest version of Bill SB 174, a specific section referencing "ACT No. 471" has been removed. This change means that any rules or guidelines previously linked to that act will no longer apply under this bill. Removing this reference can simplify the bill's language and make it clearer for everyone, potentially leading to more straightforward enforcement.
SLS 26RS-322 ENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
174 BY SENATOR PRESSLY PUBLICLANDS.AuthorizesthetransferofcertainstatepropertyinCaddoParish.(govsig) AN ACT To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property;
to authorize the transfer of statepropertyinstate property in Rapides Parish and Caddo Parish;
to provide for the propertydescription;property description;
The president of Louisiana Tech University, as authorized by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, and the commissioner of administration are herebyauthorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, Pageand stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or deliveryof title, excludingmineral rights, to the property described in Section 1 of 2this Coding:Act, and as more specificallydescribed in any such agreementsenteredintoanddocumentsexecutedbyandbetweenthepresidentofLouisiana Tech University, as authorized bythe Board of Supervisors for the Universityof Louisiana System, and the commissioner of administration and the Caddo Parish School Board, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.
Section3.Thecommissionerofadministration,notwithstandinganyotherprovision oflawtothecontrary,isherebyauthorizedandempoweredtoconvey,transfer,assign,lease, or deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of Page 1 of 2 Coding:
SLS 26RS-322 ENGROSSED SB NO.
174 andENROLLED stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance,transfer,assignment, lease, or deliveryof title, excluding mineral rights, to the propertyfollowing described inpropertyto SectionOld 1Cypress ofClub, thisLLC, Act,Charter andNo. as more specificallydescribed in any such agreementsenteredinto anddocumentsexecutedbyandbetweenthepresidentofLouisiana Tech University, as authorized by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, and the commissioner of administration and the Caddo Parish School Board, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.
Section42098023K: 3.
Five (5) acres adjudicated to the State of Louisiana for non-payment of ad valorem taxes for tax year 1958 out of the name of Littleton Dennis, described in said adjudication record as 5 acs.
Bd on all sides by Ida Peagram & Imps., bearing Rapides Parish Assessor Parcel No.
2100164037001601, Parcel I.D.
#21-1-64037-16, located in Section 1, Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Rapides Parish.
Section4.Thecommissionerofadministrationisherebyauthorizedtoenterintosuch agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as necessaryto properly effectuate anyconveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or delivery of title,excludingmineralrights,tothepropertydescribedinSection3ofthisAct,andasmore specificallydescribed in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and betweentheparties,inexchangeofconsiderationproportionatetotheappraisedvalueofthe property.
Section 5.
If vetoed bythe governorgovernorand andsubsequentlyapproved subsequentlyapprovedbythebythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
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[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 174 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Pressly Authorizes the president of Louisiana Tech University, as authorized by the Board of SupervisorsfortheUniversityofLouisianaSystem,andthecommissionerofadministration to transfer certain propertyin Caddo Parish to the Caddo Parish School Board.
Provides for the reservation of mineral rights to the state.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
View plain text versions (4)
- Enrolled SB174 Enrolled Current pdf
- Engrossed SB174 Engrossed pdf
- SB174 Act 471 View text pdf
- SB174 Original View text pdf
Amendments
1 amendmentClick Show changes on an amendment above to see how it modifies the bill.
Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 471.
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Effective date 5/29/2026.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.
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Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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Called from the calendar.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House with amendments.
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Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported favorably (10-0). 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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Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported favorably.
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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
- Thomas A. Pressly · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Thomas A. Pressly Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 82% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 62 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (38)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 174?
- SB 174 is sponsored by Thomas A. Pressly (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 174?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.
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