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LA HB687

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2026

Primary Sponsor

Alonzo Knox

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds "residence located within a historic neighborhood" to the list of protected locations where alcohol permits cannot be granted within 300 feet (or 500 feet in rural areas), joining churches, synagogues, schools, libraries, playgrounds, day care centers, and correctional facilities

  • Requires automatic revocation of an alcohol permit when the permitted premises is sold, if that premises is located within 300 feet of any protected location

  • Permits the new owner of a sold premises to reapply for an alcohol permit through the standard application process after revocation

  • Applies to both high alcoholic content (R.S. 26:81) and low alcoholic content (R.S. 26:281) beverage permits

  • Maintains existing exceptions for five parishes (Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and St. Bernard) where distance requirements can be waived with approval from the parish governing authority and the protected organization

Legislative Description

Provides relative to the location of a premises for the issuance and revocation of an alcohol permit

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT

Last Action

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/27/2026

Full Bill Text

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