2026-09-10 · Louisiana · Legislation · Proposed — not yet introduced

Proposed, not law. There is no bill. There is no public draft. But the body that would write a new Louisiana Condominium Act has told the Legislature, in a statutory report, that it has finished the work and is seeking approval to file it.

This is not a dormant study group. The Louisiana State Law Institute is the state's official law-revision commission, and the committee in question is the one whose last product became Act 158 of 2024 — the Planned Community Act that replaced Louisiana's Homeowners Association Act and reached existing communities in January 2026.

The report, and the sentence that matters

The Forty-Fourth Biennial Report of the Louisiana State Law Institute, prepared for the Legislature on April 20, 2026, section VIII.J.2 at page 48, under “Common Interest Ownership Regimes Committee”:

“The Committee has also completed its review of the Condominium Act and is seeking approval of these proposals from the Law Institute's Council in hopes of recommending legislation during the 2027 Regular Session.”

The committee's Reporter is Randy Roussel. Whether the Council has since approved the proposals is not established — the report says “seeking approval.”¹

Where the assignment came from, and why the HOA act came first

“Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 104 of the 2014 Regular Session requested the Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding Louisiana's three common interest community statutes – the Condominium Act, the Timesharing Act, and the Homeowners Association Act.”

“The Committee began by addressing the Homeowners Association Act, since it is the most recently enacted and also the most lacking in substance.”

That is a twelve-year assignment, one third of which is now delivered. A small accuracy trap worth knowing if you cite the document: the cover reads “THE FORTY-FOURTH BIENNIAL REPORT” while its transmittal letter says “forty-third.” That is an error in the source; cite it as the Forty-Fourth.

1. Louisiana State Law Institute, Forty-Fourth Biennial Report to the Legislature (April 20, 2026) ↩
2. Louisiana State Law Institute — committee roster, Common Interest Ownership Regimes Committee ↩
3. Senate Resolution 18 (2026 Regular Session) — enrolled text ↩
4. House Resolution 335 (2026 Regular Session) — enrolled text ↩
5. Adams & Reese, “Louisiana Planned Community Act Provides Clarity for Real Estate Development” (January 8, 2025) ↩