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2026 Regular Session

SB42

Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 9, 2026
Last status update
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 892.
Author
Rick Edmonds
Co-sponsors
Blake MiguezBeryl AmedéeTony BacalaMichael Robert Bayham Jr.Stephanie H. BeraultBeth Anne BillingsDoyle BoudreauxDelisha BoydReese Skip BroussardMarcus Anthony BryantR. Dewith CarrierKim CarverEmily ChenevertKimberly Landry CoatesRaymond J. CrewsKellee Hennessy DickersonPeter F. Egan Sr.Michael Gabe FirmentAdrian FisherAimee Adatto FreemanBarbara Reich FreibergBrian Leonard GloriosoDodie HortonMike JohnsonAlonzo L. KnoxJeremy LaCombeVanessa Caston LaFleurJacob Jules LandryEd Larvadain IIIRodney LyonsShane MackChasity MartinezMichael MelerinePat MooreEd MurrayCandace N. NewellPaul SawyerRodney SchamerhornLaurie SchlegelAnnie SpellSylvia Elaine TaylorLauren VentrellaDebbie VillioMark WrightJohn E. Wyble

Legislative progress

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Introduced in Senate March 9, 2026 Senate passed March 23, 2026 House passed May 7, 2026 Enrolled June 1, 2026 Governor approved June 9, 2026 Became law June 9, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

7 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 23, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 42 FINAL PASSAGE (#86)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

36 yea–0 nay · 2 absent

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May 7, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 42 FINAL PASSAGE (#995)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

96 yea–0 nay · 9 absent

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May 7, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 42 FINAL PASSAGE (#1029)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

90 yea–0 nay · 15 absent

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May 18, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 42 AMENDMENT # 870 BY EDMONDS REJECT (#891)

Passed

36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent

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May 18, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 42 REJECT (#891)

Passed

36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent

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May 29, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 42 ADOPT (#1567)

Passed

35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent

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May 31, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 42 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1792)

Passed

91 yea–0 nay · 14 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. Senate Effective date 8/1/2026.
  2. Senate Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 892.
  3. Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
  4. House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
  7. House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
  8. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
  9. House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
  10. Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
  11. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
  12. House Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
  13. Senate Conference committee report received.
  14. House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
  15. Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Cloud, and Hodges.
  16. Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
  17. House House conferees appointed: Bacala, Villio, and Schlegel.
  18. House Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
  19. Senate Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
  20. Senate Received from the House with amendments.
  21. House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
  22. House Called from the calendar.
  23. House Motion to reconsider called from the table.
  24. House Rules suspended.
  25. House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
  26. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
  27. House Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
  28. House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
  29. House Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  30. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  31. House Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
  32. Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
  33. Senate Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
  34. Senate Reported favorably.
  35. Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
  36. Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2112921
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/SB42.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00