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HB 977 — COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to minors' use of applications
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 185.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 17, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 15, 2026.
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In plain language
The bill regulates minors' use of applications and establishes requirements for developers and application stores.
This bill creates regulations for applications used by minors, imposing specific obligations on developers and application store providers. It includes definitions, age categories, and provisions for enforcement and liability.
What this means for you
- Families: This means families will have guidelines that applications must follow to protect minors online.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
320 added · 513 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Bill HB 977 removed a reference to "ACT No. 185." This change is important because it may simplify the bill by eliminating outdated or unnecessary references, making it clearer and more focused on its current objectives. By streamlining the language, it helps ensure that the bill is easier to understand and enforce.
HLSENROLLED 26RS-1636 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
977 BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU COMMERCIALAN REGULATIONS:ACT To amend and reenact the heading of Chapter 20-A of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to enact Part II of Chapter 20-A of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
Provides relative to minors' use of applications AN ACT To amend and reenact the heading of Chapter 20-A of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to enact Part II of Chapter 20-A of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
to provide for an effectivedate;effectivedate;andto provide for related matters.
andto provide for related matters.
PROTECTIONOFCHILDREN'SPROTECTION INTERNETDATAOF ONLINECHILDREN'SINTERNETDATAONLINE PROTECTIONS FOR MINORS PART I.
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977 PART II.
(1)Page "Age1 category" means one of the11 followingCODING: categories of individuals based on age:
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977 ENROLLED (1) "Age category" means one of the following categories of individuals based on age:
Page(9) 2"Developer" ofmeans 16a CODING:person who owns or controls an application made available through a covered application store in this state.
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977 (9) "Developer" means a person who owns or controls an application made available through a covered application store in this state.
(b)Page Requires2 aof paid11 subscriptionCODING: or account creation with payment method verification as the application's primary business model.
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977 ENROLLED (b) Requires a paid subscription or account creation with payment method verification as the application's primary business model.
Page(d) 3Provides ofinterfaces 16for CODING:applications to access device functionality.
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977 (d) Provides interfaces for applications to access device functionality.
(a)Page Is3 verifiedof to11 beCODING: established by an individual whom the covered application store provider has determined is at least eighteen years old through the covered application store provider's age verification methods.
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977 ENROLLED (a) Is verified to be established by an individual whom the covered application store provider has determined is at least eighteen years old through the covered application store provider's age verification methods.
Page(19) 4"Significant change" means a material modification to an application's terms of 16service CODING:or privacypolicy that does any of the following:
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977 (19) "Significant change" means a material modification to an application's terms of service or privacypolicy that does any of the following:
(c)Page Addsnewmonetization4 features,includingin-applicationpurchasesandof advertisements.11 CODING:
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977 ENROLLED (c) Adds newmonetizationfeatures,includingin-applicationpurchasesand advertisements.
Page(2) 5If the age verification methods or process described in Paragraph (1) of 16thisSubsectiondeterminestheindividualtobeaminor,thecoveredapplicationstore CODING:provider shall do both of the following:
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977 (2) If the age verification methods or process described in Paragraph (1) of thisSubsectiondeterminestheindividualtobeaminor,thecoveredapplicationstore provider shall do both of the following:
(i)Page Download5 anof application.11 CODING:
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977 ENROLLED (i) Download an application.
Page(2) 6Knowingly ofmisrepresent 16the CODING:information in the parental consent disclosure.
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977 (2) Knowingly misrepresent the information in the parental consent disclosure.
(b)Page For6 aof minor11 account,CODING: whether verifiable parental consent has been obtained pursuant to R.S.
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977 ENROLLED (b) For a minor account, whether verifiable parental consent has been obtained pursuant to R.S.
9:2800.29 to age-verifyusersatage-verifyusersattheapplicationlevelshall the applicationlevelshall continue to be responsible for age verification.
(a) At the time auserdownloadsanapplicationa oruser purchasesandownloads anapplicationorpurchasesan application.
Page(1) 7No more than once during a twelve-month period to verifythe accuracy of 16user CODING:age verification data or continued account use within the verified age category.
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977 (1) No more than once during a twelve-month period to verifythe accuracy of user age verification data or continued account use within the verified age category.
51:1773(A)(5),51:1773(A)(5),shall shall use the verified age signal from an operating system or application store to do all of the following:
(a)Page Enforce7 legallyof required11 minimumCODING: age restrictions.
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977 ENROLLED (a) Enforce legally required minimum age restrictions.
(1) Enforce a contract or terms of service against a minor unless the developerhas verifiedthroughtheverifiedthrough the coveredapplication store providerproviderthat that verifiable parental consent has been obtained.
Page(a) 8Use the age range of 16the CODING:primary account holder as the age category for purposes of applying age-related safety defaults and access to features within the application.
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977 (a) Use the age range of the primary account holder as the age category for purposes of applying age-related safety defaults and access to features within the application.
(2)Page A8 developer is not liable for a violation of this11 PartCODING: if the developer demonstrates that the developer complied with the requirements in R.S.
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977 ENROLLED (2) A developer is not liable for a violation of this Part if the developer demonstrates that the developer complied with the requirements in R.S.
51:1773(C) if the developer uses widely adopted industry standards to determine the application's age category and the content descriptiondisclosuresdescriptiondisclosuresandifthedeveloperapplies andthose ifthedeveloperappliesstandardsconsistentlyand thosestandardsconsistentlyand in good faith.
Page(b) 9Block ofor 16filter CODING:spam.
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977 (b) Block or filter spam.
(4) Requirea developerto collect,collect,retain,reidentify,orlink retain,reidentify,orlink anyinformation beyond any of the following:
(b)Page What9 is collected, retained, reidentified, or linked in the developer's ordinary course of business.11 CODING:
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977 ENROLLED (b) What is collected, retained, reidentified, or linked in the developer's ordinary course of business.
The attorneygeneralmaybringa civil actionactionto to enforceanyviolations of this Part.
(2) Except as provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, the attorney general shall not initiate an action if the person cures the notice violation within forty-five days after the date on which the person receives the notice by providing Pagetheattorneygeneralwithawrittenstatementindicatingthattheviolationiscuredand 10no offurther 16violations CODING:will occur.
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977 theattorneygeneralwithawrittenstatementindicatingthattheviolationiscuredand no further violations will occur.
(b) Commits anotherviolationofthesameprovisionanotherviolation ofthesameprovision aftercuringaviolation and providing a written statement in accordance with Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
(5)Page A10 person who violates an administrative order or court order issued for a violation of this11 PartCODING: shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each violation set by the attorney general.
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977 ENROLLED (5) A person who violates an administrative order or court order issued for a violation of this Part shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each violation set by the attorney general.
(6) All monies receivedfromreceived from the payment of a fine or civil penaltyimposed and collectedpursuantcollected pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be used bythe attorney general for consumer protection enforcement efforts or to promote consumer protection and education.
IfanyprovisionofthisActortheapplicationthereofisIfanyprovisionofthis Actortheapplicationthereofis heldinvalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Act are herebydeclared severable.
Section 1 and this Section of this Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for Pagebills 11to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of 16the CODING:Constitution of Louisiana.
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977 bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
DIGESTSPEAKER ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislativeOF Services.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
ItPage constitutes11 nopart of the11 legislativeCODING: 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 977 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Beaullieu Abstract:
Provides relative to minors' use of applications.
Proposed law repeals Act No.
481 of the 2025 Regular Session.
Not yet effective law provides for minors' use of applications, definitions, a covered application store provider's responsibilities and a developer's responsibilities.
Not yet effective law provides for liabilities and protections and for enforcement and penalties.
Proposed law repeals not yet effective law.
Proposed law provides relative to application stores and developers in regards to minors.
Proposed law changes present law to amend the title of proposed law.
Proposedlawdefines"agecategory","child","youngerteenager","olderteenager","adult", "age category data", "age rating", "application", "connected device", "content description", "covered application store", "covered application store provider", "developer", "family account application", "minor", "minor account", "mobile device", "mobile operating system","parent","parentaccount","parentalconsentdisclosure","pre-loadedapplication", "significant change", and "verifiable parental consent".
Proposed law requires a covered application store provider to do the following:
(1) Request age information from an individual and verifythe individual's age category at the time an individual, who is located in the state, creates an account.
(2) If the age verification methods or process described in proposed law determines the individual to be a minor, require the account to be affiliated with a parent account andobtainverifiableparentalconsentfromtheholderoftheaffiliatedparentaccount before allowing the minor to download an application, purchase an application, access an application that has been pre-loaded into a device, or enable the functionality make an in-application purchase.
(3) Afterreceivingnoticeofasignificantchangefromadeveloper,notifytheuserofthe significant change and, for a minor account,notifytheholderofthe affiliated parent account, and obtain renewed verifiable parental consent.
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977 (4) Provide certain information to a developer in response to a request authorized by proposed law.
(5) Notify a developer when a parent revokes parental consent.
(6) Protectpersonalageverificationdatabylimitingcollectionandprocessingofcertain data and by transmitting personal age verification data using certain protocols.
Proposed law provides for what a covered application store provider shall not do.
Proposed law requires that a developer do all of the following:
(1) Verifythroughthecoveredapplicationstore'sdatasharingmethodstheagecategory of users located in this state, and for a minor account, whether verifiable parental consent has been obtained pursuant to proposed law.
(2) Notifycoveredapplicationstoreprovidersofasignificantchangetotheapplication.
(3) Enforce all age-related restrictions.
(4) Enforce any developer-created age-related restrictions.
(5) Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Any developer required by proposed law to age-verify users at the application level shall continue to be responsible for age verification.
Noprovision in proposed law shall be construed to remove this responsibility.
A developer who is required by law to conduct age verification at the application level, but to whom present law does not apply, may utilize the age signal from the covered application store to fulfill its age verification obligation.
(6) Implement any developer-created safety-related features or defaults.
(7) Request from the covered application store provider personal age verification data or parental consent at the time a user downloads an application or purchases an application, when implementing a significant change to the application, and to comply with applicable law.
Proposed law outlines when a developer may request personal age verification data or parental consent.
Proposed law provides that a developer, other than one required to verify age pursuant to present law, pursuant to proposed law, shall use the verified age signal from an operating system or application store to do all of the following:
(1) Enforce legally required minimum age restrictions.
(2) Ensure compliance with all laws and other obligations.
(3) In the provision of any age-appropriate defaults, safeguards, or experiences, except as provided present law.
Proposed law provides that if the developer determines that an internal age signal conflicts with the age signal from a covered application store, the developer may rely on the signal fromthecoveredapplicationstoreunlessthedeveloperhasactualknowledgethatitsinternal signalismoreaccurate.
Ifthedeveloperhasactualknowledgethatitsinternalsignalismore accurate, such as if the user provided proof of age to the developer, the developer shall use its internal signal or the lower of the two signals.
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977 Proposed law provides for what a developer shall not do.
Proposed law provides for what a developer of a familyaccount application may do.
Proposed law provides for when a covered application store provider is not liable for a violation of proposed law.
Proposed law provides for when a developer is not liable for a violation of proposed law.
Proposedlawprovidesthatforthepurposesofsettingtheagecategoryofanapplicationand providingcontentdescriptiondisclosuretoacoveredapplicationstoreprovider,adeveloper complies with proposed law if the developer uses widely adopted industry standards to determine the application's age category and the content description disclosures and the developer applies those standards consistentlyand in good faith.
Proposed law provides for applicability of the protection described in proposed law.
Proposed law provides that nothing in proposed law shall displace any other available remedies or rights authorized under the laws of this state or the United States.
Proposed law shall not be construed to do any of the following:
(1) Preventacoveredapplicationstoreproviderordeveloperfromtakingcertainactions.
(2) Require a covered application store provider to disclose user information to a developer beyond age category or verification of parental consent status.
(3) Allow a covered application store provider or developer to implement measures required by proposed law in a manner that is arbitrary, capricious, anticompetitive, or unlawful.
(4) Require a developer to collect, retain, reidentify, or link any information beyond what is necessaryto verifyage categories and parental consent status as required by proposed law or what is collected, retained,reidentified,orlinkedin the developer's ordinary course of business.
(5) Relieve a developer of its obligation to conduct age verification as required by present law.
Proposed law allows the attorney general to bring a civil action to enforce anyviolation of proposed law.
Proposed law provides that a covered application store or developer that violates the provisions of proposed law shall be subject to a civil fine of up to $10,000 per violation set by the attorney general.
Proposed law requires the attorneygeneral to give notice to any violators.
Proposed law provides for when the attorney general may initiate a civil action against a person who fails to cure a violation.
Proposed law provides relative to reasonable attorney fees, court costs, and investigative costs.
Proposed law requires a person who violates an administrative order or court order issued for a violation of proposed law to pay a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 per violation setbytheattorneygeneral.Further provides that a civil penaltymaybe imposed in anycivil action brought by the attorney general pursuant to proposed law.
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HLS 26RS-1636 REENGROSSED HB NO.
977 Proposed law directs that monies received from the payment of a fine or civil penalty imposed and collected pursuant to the provisions of proposed law shall be used by the attorney general for consumer protection enforcement efforts or to promote consumer protection and education.
Proposed law provides for severability.
Proposed law directs the La.
State Law Institute to make technical changes.
Certain proposed law provisions effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
Certain proposed law provisions effective July 1, 2027.
(Amends the heading of Chapter 20-A of Title 51 of the La.
R.S.
of 1950;
Adds R.S.
51:1771-1775;
Repeals Act No.
481 of the 25RS) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the original bill:
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Make technical changes.
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Add the definition for "pre-loaded application".
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Amend for when obtaining verifiable parental consent is required.
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Add provisions of present law to compliance requirements outlined in proposed law.
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Amend when a developer shall use the verified age signal from an operating system or application store.
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Add for what age signal shall be used by a developer.
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Change proposed law from a developer shall not share age category data with any person and instead provide that a developer shall not sell age category data to any person.
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Amend proposed law to provide that a covered application store provider is not liable for a violation of proposed law if the covered application store demonstrates a good faith effort to comply with the requirements of proposed law.
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Provide that nothing in proposed law shall be construed to require a covered application store provider or developer to obtain parental consent for an application that meets certain requirements.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
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Make technical changes.
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Define "family account application".
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Provide that certain information required to be provided to a parent can also be provided to a legal guardian.
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Clarify what "significant change" includes.
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Add that a legal guardian can also make an affirmative choice to grant consent or decline consent regarding verifiable parental consent.
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Clarify what a covered application store is required to do.
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Remove an exemption for verifiable parental consent for a pre-loaded application.
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Clarifywhatacoveredapplicationstoreshall provideto adeveloperin response to a request authorized pursuant to proposed law.
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Amendproposedlawtoprovidethatadevelopershallverifyforaminoraccount whetherverifiableparentalconsenthasbeenobtainedpursuantto proposedlaw.
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Removetheobligationthatthedevelopershallobtainverifiableparentalconsent from the holder of the affiliated parent account before allowing the minor to download an application, purchase an application, create a profile, or make an in-application purchase.
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Remove references to present law from compliance requirements.
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Clarifythatadeveloper,otherthanonerequiredtoverifyagepursuanttopresent law, pursuant to proposed law, shall use a verified age signal from an operating system or application store to take certain actions.
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Add what a developer of a familyaccount application may do.
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Remove proposed law that provides that nothing in proposed law shall be construed to require a covered application store provider or developer to obtain parental consent for an application that meets certain requirements.
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Amendments
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 185.
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Effective date: See Act.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
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Called from the calendar.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Called from the calendar.
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Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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Notice given.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
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Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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Notice given.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported with amendments (15-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
Sponsors
- Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| 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 | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Not Voting |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 62 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 94 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
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- Who sponsors HB 977?
- HB 977 is sponsored by IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 977?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 17, 2026. Enacted.
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