---
type: "Bill"
title: "BLIGHTED PROPERTY: Provides for the authority of the city of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish to adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations related to dilapidated and dangerous structures. (8/1/25)"
description: "BLIGHTED PROPERTY: Provides for the authority of the city of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish to adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations related to dilapidated and dangerous structures. (8/1/25)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Louisiana SB 237 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Boudreaux"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a7defc-7fad-43d9-ada9-2cf15019cf92"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248886"
source_hash: "f9c2305410b1753519b52a3f4c7cac28ed358a37765d37c1f91c1fcf3f2b549e"
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 SB 237 (2025) — BLIGHTED PROPERTY: Provides for the authority of the city of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish to adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations related to dilapidated and dangerous structures. (8/1/25)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB237 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407091)
2. **SB237 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425536)
3. **SB237 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410410)
4. **SB237 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422188)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#201) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#925) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Boudreaux — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 338. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-08** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/04/2025.
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-29** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-05-07** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-05-05** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94a7defc-7fad-43d9-ada9-2cf15019cf92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).