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IntroducedMar 31, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 15, 2026
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Passed SenateMay 13, 2026
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Became LawMay 29, 2026
Louisiana House Bill
EMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATN: Prohibits intentional discrimination based on compelled speech with respect to using certain pronouns, names, or honorifics
Last Action See all actions
House • May 29, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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Summary
Comments on HB 1137
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Sponsors

- Adam Basscosponsor

- Valarie Hodgescosponsor
- Blake Miguezcosponsor
- Jay Morriscosponsor
- Alan Seabaughcosponsor
Votes
YES: 66
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Dickerson
- McMakin
- Amedee
- Domangue
- Melerine
- Bacala
- Echols
- Muscarello
- Bamburg
- Edmonston
- Orgeron
- Bayham
- Egan
- Owen
- Beaullieu
- Firment
- Riser
- Berault
- Fontenot
- Sawyer
- Billings
- Gadberry
- Schamerhorn
- Boudreaux
- Galle
- Schlegel
- Bourriaque
- Geymann
- Spell
- Boyer
- Hebert
- St. Blanc
- Broussard
- Henry, C.
- Stagni
- Butler
- Horton
- Tarver
- Carlson
- Illg
- Thomas
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- Turner
- Carver
- Kerner
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Villio
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Wilder
- Cox
- Mack
- Wiley
- Crews
- McCormick
- Wright
- Deshotel
- McFarland
- Wyble
- Dewitt
- McMahen
- Zeringue
NO: 32
NO: 0
ABSENT: 34
YES: 70
- Adams
- Domangue
- McMahen
- Amedee
- Echols
- McMakin
- Bacala
- Edmonston
- Melerine
- Bamburg
- Egan
- Muscarello
- Beaullieu
- Farnum
- Orgeron
- Berault
- Firment
- Owen
- Billings
- Fisher
- Riser
- Boudreaux
- Fontenot
- Sawyer
- Bourriaque
- Gadberry
- Schamerhorn
- Boyer
- Galle
- Schlegel
- Braud
- Geymann
- Spell
- Broussard
- Glorioso
- St. Blanc
- Butler
- Hebert
- Stagni
- Carlson
- Henry, C.
- Tarver
- Carrier
- Horton
- Thomas
- Carter, R.
- Illg
- Turner
- Carver
- Johnson, M.
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- Kerner
- Villio
- Coates
- LaCombe
- Wilder
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Wiley
- Crews
- Mack
- Wright
- Deshotel
- Martinez
- Wyble
- Dewitt
- McCormick
- Dickerson
- McFarland
NO: 24
ABSENT: 11
Actions
- May 29, 2026 | House
- Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 579.
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 26, 2026 | House
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 25, 2026 | Senate
- Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 25, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 20, 2026 | House
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 19, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.
- May 18, 2026 | House
- Received from the Senate with amendments.
- May 13, 2026 | Senate
- Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 05, 2026 | Senate
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 04, 2026 | Senate
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 29, 2026 | Senate
- Reported with amendments.
- Apr 21, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Apr 20, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 15, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 14, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (6-4).
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Mar 31, 2026 | House
- Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
Bill Texts
- HB1137 OriginalPDF
- HB1137 EngrossedPDF
- HB1137 ReengrossedPDF
- HB1137 EnrolledPDF
- HB1137 Act 579PDF
- House Floor Amendment, #3496, Crews, WithdrawnPDF
- House Floor Amendment, #3846, Crews, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #2933, L&IR, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #2950, L&IR, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Floor Amendment, #3772, Seabaugh, AdoptedPDF
