---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides for the expropriation of property by a declaration of taking by certain political subdivisions of Calcasieu Parish"
description: "PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides for the expropriation of property by a declaration of taking by certain political subdivisions of Calcasieu Parish"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Louisiana HB 273 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Les Farnum"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e32513c-1cd9-4b14-85d8-8141a3f0b3dc"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244153"
source_hash: "223e700983411fa3b02d3c827f503a4afbfb61296372a2e7872811f5d33030bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 273 (2023) — PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides for the expropriation of property by a declaration of taking by certain political subdivisions of Calcasieu Parish

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB273 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306730)
2. **HB273 Act 76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331590)
3. **HB273 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314914)
4. **HB273 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317050)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1583, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314527)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1639, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314749)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1645, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314846)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1756, Farnum, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315384)
9. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1616, Stine, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321192)
10. **HB273 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326310)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#668) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#366) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#155) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Les Farnum — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 76. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-18** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2023.
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments (10-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-28** Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e32513c-1cd9-4b14-85d8-8141a3f0b3dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).