Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 294

TRESPASS: Provides places of worship the right to remove disruptive individuals

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Gabe Firment (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• House Committee Amendment, #1696, ACRJ, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #3009, ACRJ, Adopted
• House Floor Amendment, #3164, Firment, Adopted
• Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2676, Cloud, Adopted
• Senate Floor Amendment, #3210, Morris, Jay, Adopted
• HB294 Original
• HB294 Engrossed
• HB294 Reengrossed
• HB294 Enrolled
• HB294 Act

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

Actions

• Feb 24, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Feb 24, 2026 · House
  Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
• Mar 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
• Apr 1, 2026 · House
  Reported with amendments (10-2).
• Apr 7, 2026 · House
  Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Apr 13, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• Apr 14, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
• Apr 21, 2026 · Senate
  Reported favorably.
• Apr 22, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• Apr 27, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 5, 2026 · Senate
  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 6, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate with amendments.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
• May 11, 2026 · House
  Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 29, Senate amendments concurred in.
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• May 12, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• May 13, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• May 15, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 148.
• May 15, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 08/01/2026.