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SB 466

EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation by foreign entities. (8/1/26)

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Alan Seabaugh

Prohibits expropriation by foreign powers or majority-foreign entities within 50 miles of a military base in Louisiana.

Effective date 8/1/2026.
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Bill Summary · SB 466

Legislative Summary: SB 466 (Louisiana, 2026 Regular Session)

Title

EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriation by foreign entities. (8/1/26)

Purpose and Intent

  • To modify the rules governing expropriation (eminent domain) by certain entities, with a focus on foreign involvement.
  • Specifically prohibits expropriation by foreign powers, aliens, or foreign-owned corporations within 50 miles of a military base, effectively adding a national-security screen to expropriation authority.

Key Provisions

What the bill does

  • Amends and reenacts Louisiana Revised Statutes § 19:2 to address expropriation by state, domestic, and foreign entities.
  • Retains current law that allows expropriation by:
    • The state or its political subdivisions
    • Domestic or foreign corporations, LLCs, or other legal entities created for purposes such as constructing or operating railroads, toll roads, water/sewer systems, natural gas pipelines, electric utilities, telecommunications, etc., including entities engaged in generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and related infrastructure
    • Other entities involved in specific public utilities and related infrastructure projects

Additional restriction on foreign involvement

  • A new restriction (B) states: No foreign power, alien, or corporation in which the majority is controlled by any foreign power, alien, or alien corporation (as identified in 15 CFR 7.4(a) and in the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) database) shall expropriate property under the authority of this section if the property to be expropriated is within 50 miles of a military base.

Scope of affected activities (as carried over from existing law)

  • Expropriation can still occur for:
    • State or political subdivisions exercising governmental powers
    • Railroads, toll roads, navigation canals
    • Street/urban/inter-urban railways
    • Waterworks, water treatment, sewerage systems
    • Natural gas transportation and distribution (subject to public utility and intrastate transporter definitions)
    • Transmission of intelligence (telegraph/telephone)
    • Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (with references to regional transmission organizations and ISOs for reliability and interconnection)
    • Common carrier pipelines
    • Piping/marketing of coal, lignite, CO2 for enhanced oil/gas recovery or underground CO2 storage (with limitations)
    • Injection/underground storage of CO2 (subject to existing regulatory constraints)

Who Is Affected

Entities that could be authorized to expropriate

  • The state and its political subdivisions
  • Domestic corporations, LLCs, or other entities
  • Foreign corporations/LLCs or other entities engaged in the listed public-utility and infrastructure activities

Entities restricted by the new rule

  • Foreign powers, aliens, or foreign-controlled corporations (majority foreign ownership as defined) identified in federal regulations and the OFAC database

Geographic constraint

  • Effect applies to property located within 50 miles of a military base in Louisiana

Timeline and Effective Date

  • Effective date: August 1, 2026

Practical Implications

  • Strengthens national-security considerations in eminent domain by adding a proximity-based veto for foreign-controlled entities within 50 miles of military bases.
  • Could limit or block expropriation actions by some foreign-controlled entities in sensitive areas near military installations.
  • Leaves intact existing governance framework and procedures for expropriation, including the requirement to attempt good-faith negotiations before expropriation and the various categories of projects/uses that qualify for expropriation.

Additional Notes

  • The bill updates the “foreign power/adversary” screening by tying it to federal regulations and Treasury OFAC designations.
  • It does not renounce expropriation authority for all projects; it adds a specific prohibition based on foreign ownership and proximity to military bases.

For readers seeking specific statutory changes, the bill amends R.S. 19:2.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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