Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 578

CIVIL/LAW: Provides for the Restoring Biological Truth Act

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

Sponsors

• Mike Johnson (Republican)

Cosponsors (17)

• Roger Wilder III (Republican)
• Laurie Schlegel (Republican)
• Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican)
• Paul Sawyer (Republican)
• Charles Owen (Republican)
• Dodie Horton (Republican)
• Gabe Firment (Republican)
• Les Farnum (Republican)
• Peter Egan (Republican)
• Kathy Edmonston (Republican)
• Kellee Dickerson (Republican)
• Jason Dewitt (Republican)
• Raymond Crews (Republican)
• Emily Chenevert (Republican)
• Rhonda Butler (Republican)
• Mike Bayham (Republican)
• Beryl Amedee (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• House Committee Amendment, #4027, CL&P, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #4153, CL&P, Adopted
• House Floor Amendment, #4626, Johnson, Mike, Adopted
• Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3797, Miller, G., Adopted
• HB578 Original
• HB578 Engrossed
• HB578 Reengrossed
• HB578 Enrolled
• HB578 Act 814

Roll-call votes

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

Actions

• Feb 26, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Feb 26, 2026 · House
  Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
• 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 Civil Law and Procedure.
• Apr 22, 2026 · House
  Reported with amendments (6-1-1).
• Apr 23, 2026 · House
  Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Apr 23, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
• Apr 28, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• May 4, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
• May 12, 2026 · Senate
  Reported favorably.
• May 13, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 14, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 21, 2026 · Senate
  Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate with amendments.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
• May 27, 2026 · House
  Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 25, Senate amendments concurred in.
• May 28, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• May 28, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• Jun 8, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 814.
• Jun 8, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 08/01/2026.