A bill giving Louisiana HOAs standing to sue nearby short-term rentals passed the Senate 29-7 and died
A bill giving Louisiana HOAs standing to sue nearby short-term rentals passed the Senate 29-7 and died
2026-09-10 · Louisiana · Legislation · Did not pass
What happened, and it did not. Louisiana came within one committee of giving community associations a statutory right to sue short-term rental operators near their members. Senate Bill 225 of the 2025 Regular Session, by Senator Royce Duplessis, passed the Senate 29–7 on May 27, 2025 and then died in the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure after a hearing on June 2, 2025.
The Legislature's Final Disposition of Senate Bills records it as COMMITTEE/HOUSE. Louisiana associations therefore still have no statutory standing to enforce a local short-term rental ordinance — only their own declarations and building restrictions.1
The prohibition it would have created
“§3258.2. Short-term rentals; cause of action; remedies; prescription … B. No person shall provide a short-term rental without the required license or permit, if applicable, or in violation of any applicable local zoning, land use, property use, or related regulatory ordinance.”
And the plaintiffs it would have named
“C.(1) A civil action for relief as provided in this Subsection may be brought against the person providing the short-term rental in violation of this Section by the following parties: (a) A person owning or leasing immovable property located within three hundred feet of the short-term rental. (b) A lawfully organized nonprofit homeowners, condominium, or neighborhood association with one or more members residing within three hundred feet of the short-term rental. (c) A lawfully organized nonprofit hotel or lodging trade association with one or more members operating a place of business located within three hundred feet of the short-term rental.”
Paragraph (b) is the association's standing clause, and the drafting is worth noting: the association's own property need not be within 300 feet. One member residing there would have been enough.2
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Related Louisiana HOA Topics
- SB 225 (2025 Regular Session), Reengrossed — full text, digest and amendment summaries ↩
- Final Disposition of Senate Bills, 2025 Regular Session — SB 225 recorded as COMMITTEE/HOUSE ↩
- HB 469 (2025 Regular Session), Original — full text and digest ↩
- Marina Homeowners Ass’n v. Cahill, No. 56,423-CA (La. App. 2 Cir. Aug. 27, 2025) — slip opinion ↩
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