The only bill to touch Louisiana's solar-rights statute would have narrowed it — and failed 46-53
The only bill to touch Louisiana's solar-rights statute would have narrowed it — and failed 46-53
2026-09-10 · Louisiana · Legislation · Did not pass
What happened, and it did not. Louisiana's solar-rights statute has not been amended since 2010. The only instrument in either recent session that would have changed it was House Bill 615 of the 2025 Regular Session, and the House rejected it on final passage 46–53 on May 13, 2025.
The bill would have made the statute less protective of owners, not more. That is the part worth knowing, because Louisiana owners frequently assume the opposite direction of travel.
What the statute says today
R.S. 9:1255, enacted by Acts 2010 No. 274, is two operative sentences:
“B. No person or entity shall unreasonably restrict the right of a property owner to install or use a solar collector.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not supersede zoning restrictions, servitudes as provided by Civil Code Article 697 et seq., or building restrictions, as provided by Civil Code Article 775 et seq., which require approval prior to the installation or use of solar collectors.”
Subsection (B) is the protection. Subsection (C) is the hole in it, and the hole is association-shaped: a recorded building restriction under Civil Code articles 775 et seq. that requires prior approval is expressly not superseded.1
What HB 615 would have changed
“B. No person or entity shall unreasonably restrict the right of a property owner to install or use a solar collector for residential purposes.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not supersede zoning restrictions, servitudes as provided by Civil Code Article 697 et seq., or building restrictions, as provided by Civil Code Article 775 et seq., or Chapter 12 of Subtitle I of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, which require approval or permitting prior to the installation or use of solar collectors.”
Three insertions: “for residential purposes” in the protection; “or permitting” in the carve-out; and a cross-reference to the new utility-scale solar chapter the rest of the bill created.2
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Related Louisiana HOA Topics
- La. R.S. 9:1255 — Solar collectors; right of use (Acts 2010, No. 274) ↩
- HB 615 (2025 Regular Session), Engrossed — full text, including the proposed amendment to R.S. 9:1255 ↩
- Final Disposition of House Bills, 2025 Regular Session — HB 615 recorded as VOTE – FINAL PASSAGE/HOUSE ↩
- Louisiana Public Service Commission, 2026 Avoided Cost Rates by Electric Utility ↩
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