Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 16 R · 12 D cosponsors

HB 476 — SCHOOLS: Requires each public secondary school to display flyers about the Safe Haven Law in restrooms (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 650.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 02, 2026.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 28 sponsors

    1 primary, 27 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (16 R · 12 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

Requires public secondary schools to display Safe Haven Law flyers in restrooms.

This bill mandates that each public secondary school post flyers regarding the Safe Haven Law in their restrooms. The goal is to inform students about this law, which allows individuals to safely surrender infants under specific conditions.

What this means for you
  • Families: This means families will have access to information about the Safe Haven Law, potentially providing help in crisis situations.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

38 added · 66 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 476, a reference to "ACT No. 650" has been removed. This change likely simplifies the bill by eliminating a specific legal reference that may no longer be necessary or applicable. This is important because it helps make the bill clearer and ensures that it remains focused on its current goals without getting bogged down by outdated information.

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HLS 26RS-997 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
476 BY REPRESENTATIVES DICKERSON, ADAMS, BILLINGS, BOYD, BRASS, BRYANT, CHENEVERT, CREWS, EGAN, FIRMENT, FISHER, GREEN, HORTON, LAFLEUR, LYONS, MELERINE, MOORE, NEWELL, OWEN, SAWYER, SCHAMERHORN, SPELL, TAYLOR, AND WILDER SCHOOLS:
476 BY REPRESENTATIVES DICKERSON, ADAMS, BILLINGS, BOYD, BRASS, BRYANT, CHENEVERT, CREWS, EGAN, FIRMENT, FISHER, GREEN, HORTON, LAFLEUR, LYONS, MELERINE, MOORE, NEWELL, OWEN, SAWYER, SCHAMERHORN, SPELL, TAYLOR, AND WILDER AND SENATORS EDMONDS, HODGES, JACKSON-ANDREWS, AND MIGUEZ AN ACT To enact R.S.
Requires each public secondaryschool to display flyers about the Safe Haven Law in restrooms AN ACT To enact R.S.
17.9 and 3996(B)(92) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
17:17.9 and 3996(B)(92) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
Eachpublicschoolwith studentsinanygradeseventhroughtwelveshall display flyers designed by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, hereafter referred to as the "department", in the prescribed locations and in the manner provided for in this Section.
Eachpublicschoolwithstudentsin anygradeseventhroughtwelveshall display flyers designed by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, hereafter referred to as the "department", in the prescribed locations and in the manner provided for in this Section.
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(4) ContactinformationtoreceiveassistancerelativetotheSafeHavenLaw.
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HLS 26RS-997 REENGROSSED HB NO.
476 (4) ContactinformationtoreceiveassistancerelativetotheSafeHavenLaw.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if a bathroom is used in the normal course of a school day by students in sixth grade or below, the school shall not be required to display the flyer in the bathroom but may determineotherapproachesto inform studentsingradesseventhgradeandaboveof the content provided for in Subsection B of this Section.
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476 ENROLLED (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if a bathroom is used in the normal course of a school dayby students in sixth grade or below, the school shall not be required to display the flyer in the bathroom but may determineotherapproachesto informstudents in grades seventhgradeandaboveof the content provided for in Subsection B of this Section.
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* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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HLS 26RS-997 REENGROSSED HB NO.
476 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 476 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Dickerson Abstract:
Requires each public middle and high school to display a flyer about the Safe Haven Law in every bathroom stall in the school.
Present law (Ch.
C.
Art.
1149 et seq.) provides for the Safe Haven Law, provisions authorizing the relinquishment of infants up to 60 days old to certain facilities.
Proposedlawrequireseachpublicmiddleschoolandhighschool,includingcharterschools, to displaya flyer on the inside of everybathroom stall door with information about the Safe Haven Law.
Provides an exception that, if students in grade six and below use a bathroom in the normal course of a school day, a school is not required to display the flyer in such a bathroom,butisauthorizedtoinformtheolderstudentsofthecontentviaotherapproaches.
Proposed law requiresthe La.
Dept.
ofChildrenandFamilyServicesto design the flyer and make it available to download on its website.
Proposed law requires the state Dept.
of Education to provide information to public school governing authorities about how to obtain the flyer.
(Adds R.S.
17:17.9 and 3996(B)(92)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the original bill:
1.
Add exception that a school is not required to display the flyer in specific bathrooms if students in grade 6 and below frequent such bathrooms, but is authorized to determine other approaches to inform students in grades 7 and above about the content of the flyer.
2.
Make technical changes.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 650.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. Called from the calendar.

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  15. Notice given.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  17. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

  19. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  20. Reported with amendments (12-0).

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

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  23. Prefiled.

  24. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 27 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (27)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1259)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 9002
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#514)

Passed 94 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Republican 64004
Democrat 24006
Total 940011
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Galle — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Not Voting
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 476?
HB 476 is sponsored by Blake Miguez (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Valarie Hodges (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Annie Spell (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Paul Sawyer (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Michael Melerine (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Dodie Horton (Republican), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 476?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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