Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana SB 42

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

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

Sponsors

• Rick Edmonds (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Senate Floor Amendment, #870, Edmonds, Adopted
• House Floor Amendment, #5262, Amedee, Adopted
• Conference Committee Report, #4334, House Proposed, Senate Proposed
• SB42 Original
• SB42 Engrossed
• SB42 Reengrossed
• SB42 Enrolled
• SB42 Act 892

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
  Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
• Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Reported favorably.
• Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• Mar 23, 2026 · 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.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• Mar 25, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
• Apr 28, 2026 · House
  Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• Apr 29, 2026 · House
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• May 5, 2026 · House
  Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Rules suspended.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Motion to reconsider called from the table.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
• May 11, 2026 · Senate
  Received from the House with amendments.
• May 18, 2026 · Senate
  Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
• May 18, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
• May 19, 2026 · House
  House conferees appointed: Bacala, Villio, and Schlegel.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• May 21, 2026 · Senate
  Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Cloud, and Hodges.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee report received.
• May 28, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
• May 28, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
• Jun 9, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 892.
• Jun 9, 2026 · Senate
  Effective date 8/1/2026.