Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 39 R · 16 D cosponsors

HB 427 — CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the duty of care for online platforms that contract with minors

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 552.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 29, 2026.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 57 sponsors

    1 primary, 56 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (39 R · 16 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill establishes a duty of care for online platforms contracting with minors.

This legislation requires online platforms that enter into contracts with minors to uphold a specific duty of care. It aims to protect the well-being and safety of young users on these platforms.

What this means for you
  • Families: This means families can expect increased safety measures for their children when using online platforms.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

96 added · 122 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of HB 427, a reference to "ACT No. 552" has been removed. This change simplifies the bill by eliminating outdated or unnecessary legal citations. It matters because it can make the bill clearer and easier to understand for everyone involved, including lawmakers and the public.

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HLS 26RS-87 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
427 BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHLEGEL, EDMONSTON, MIKE JOHNSON, AND LARVADAIN CONTRACTS:
427 BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHLEGEL, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAMBURG, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOYD, BOYER, BROUSSARD, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARLSON, CARVER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DEWITT, DICKERSON, EDMONSTON, EGAN, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GLORIOSO, HILFERTY, HORTON, ILLG, MIKE JOHNSON, KERNER, KNOX, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MOORE,MURRAY, NEWELL,OWEN,SPELL,STAGNI,TARVER,TAYLOR, THOMPSON, VILLIO, WALTERS, WILDER, WILEY, WYBLE, AND ZERINGUE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides relative to the dutyof care for online platforms that contract with minors AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
9:2717.4(B)(3) through (10) and (C)(1), (4), and (5), relative to materialharmfultominors;
9:2717.4(B)(3) through (10), (C)(4), and (5)(a), relative to materialharmfultominors;
Section1.
Section 1.
R.S.9:2717.4 (B)(3)through(10),(C)(4),and(5)(a)areherebyamended and reenacted to read as follows:
R.S.
9:2717.4 (B)(3) through (10) and (C)(1), (4), and (5), are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
(ii) A purchase made using a virtual currency that is purchasable or redeemableusingcashorcreditthatisincludedaspartofapaidsubscriptionservice.
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(iii) Any purchase or transfer of virtual currencyon a covered platform.
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427 (b) Thetermshalldoesnotincludeapurchasemadeinanonlinevideogame using a virtual currency that is earned through game play and is not otherwise purchasable or redeemable using cash or credit or included as part of a paid subscription service.
427 ENROLLED (ii) A purchase made using a virtual currency that is purchasable or redeemableusingcashorcreditthatisincludedaspartofapaidsubscriptionservice.
(iii) Any purchase or transfer of virtual currencyon a covered platform.
(b) Thetermshalldoesnotincludeapurchasemadeinanonlinevideogame using a virtual currency that is earned through game play and is not otherwise purchasable or redeemable using cash or credit or included as part of a paid subscription service.
(6)(7)(a) "Onlineplatform"meansanypublicwebsite,onlineservice,online application, or mobile application that predominantly provides a community forum for user-generated content, such as sharing videos, images, games, audio files, or other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality environment.
(6)(7)(a) "Onlineplatform"meansanypublicwebsite,onlineservice,online application, or mobile application that predominantlyprovides a community forum for user-generated content, such as sharing videos, images, games, audio files, or other content, including a social media service, social network, or virtual reality environment.
(8) (9) "Precise geolocation" means information derived from technology, including but not limited to global positioning system level latitude and longitude coordinates or other mechanisms, that directly identify the specific location of a Page 2 of 5 CODING:
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427 natural person with precision and accuracy within a radius of one thousand seven hundredfiftyfeet.
427 ENROLLED (8) (9) "Precise geolocation" means information derived from technology, including but not limited to global positioning system level latitude and longitude coordinates or other mechanisms, that directly identify the specific location of a natural person with precision and accuracy within a radius of one thousand seven hundredfiftyfeet.
(1) Prohibit an adult from connecting to a minor without express consent from the minor's legal representative or enable the legal representativeof a minor to access a list of the connections of the minor, including a list of contacts with whom the minor has exchanged direct messages through the parental supervision tools of the covered platform.
(5) Allow the legal representative of a minor to choose to be informed via text, voice, email, through the legal representative's linked account or through the covered platform's parental control interface within a reasonable time, if anyof the following occur:
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(a) A minor is exposed to sexually explicit material harmful to minors on a covered platform.
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427 Section 2.
427 ENROLLED (5) Allow the legal representative of a minor to choose to be informed via text, voice, email, through the legal representative's linked account or through the covered platform's parental control interface within a reasonable time, if any of the following occur:
(a) A minor is exposed to sexually explicit material harmful to minors on a covered platform.
(b) A connection is made between a minor and any other user on a covered platform unless the legal representative of the minor is connected to the account of the minor through the covered platform's parental supervision tools.
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236 of the 2025 Regular Session and the provisions of this Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
236 of the 2025 Regular Session and the provisions of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
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Itconstitutes 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 427 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Schlegel Abstract:
Amends the Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act and provides relative to material harmful to minors.
Present law provides for the Kids Online Protection and Anti-Grooming Act to protect minors who use covered platforms.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law defines "material harmful to minors".
Present law (R.S.
9:2717.4) defines "minor" as an account holder on the covered platform who resides in this state and the covered platform reasonably believes or has actual knowledge that the accountholderis undertheageof16and is not emancipatedor married.
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Proposed law changes the definition of "minor" to be any person under the age of 18 who is not emancipated.
Present law defines "sexually explicit material".
Proposed law repeals the definition of "sexually explicit material".
Present law provides that everyowneroroperatorofa coveredplatform who contracts with a minor owes a duty of care to the minor.
Requires a covered platform to prioritize the privacyofminor'saccountsandestablishcertaindefaultprivacysettings.
Oneofthedefault privacysettingsistorestrictthevisibilityoftheminor'saccounttoonlyconnectedaccounts.
Proposed law repeals present law and provides that covered platforms must set minor accounts to private mode, in a manner in which only users to whom the minor is connected on the covered platform mayview or respond to content posted by the minor.
Present law provides that the legal representative of a minor be informed if a minor is exposed to sexually explicit material.
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HLS 26RS-87 ENGROSSED HB NO.
427 Proposedlawchangespresentlawandrequiresnotificationifaminorisexposedtomaterial harmful to minors.
ProposedlawrepealstheJuly1,2026,effectivedateoftheKidsOnlineProtectionandAnti- Grooming Act.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 552.

  2. Effective date: 01/01/2027.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. Reported with amendments.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.

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

  18. Reported favorably (8-0).

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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

  21. Prefiled.

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

Sponsors

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Co-sponsors (56)

Not signed on (90)

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Votes

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1427)

Passed 94 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 28002
Republican 60008
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 940011
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
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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AMENDMENT # 3607 BY SEABAUGH, HB 427 BY SCHLEGEL (#771)

Passed 26 Yea · 9 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 18801
Democrat 7103
Total 26904
% of votes cast 67%23%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Adam Bass Republican Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Nay
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 Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#772)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 26001
Democrat 8003
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 Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
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 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 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

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FINAL PASSAGE (#16)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8000
Republican 63003
Democrat 28001
Total 99004
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (103)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Henry — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez 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 Yea
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 Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
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 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 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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 427?
HB 427 is sponsored by Landry, T., Jerome Zeringue (Republican), John E. Wyble (Republican), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Joy Walters (Democrat), Debbie Villio (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Joe Stagni, Annie Spell (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Ed Murray (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Mike Johnson (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Reese "Skip" Broussard (Republican), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
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