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What the Louisiana Senate passed and considered: quick reference

Louisiana Senate · May 18, 2026

Summary

The Senate moved dozens of house and senate measures, concurring in many House amendments and passing multiple bills on final passage. Highlights: concurrence on telehealth and perinatal bills, passage of HB 636 (hazing prevention), HB 364 (public-safety awareness) and HB 475 (AI disclosure with enforcement by licensing boards).

During the session the Senate read committee reports, concurred in numerous House amendments and took final passage votes on a wide slate of bills spanning health care, education, criminal procedure and administrative matters.

Among the measures acted on in whole or part during the floor session were: concurrence on SB 30 (telehealth technical amendments); SB 32 (perinatal bereavement care initiative); SB 41 (timely publication of minutes, shortened deadlines); SB 42 (criminalization of AI-generated child sexual materials language changes); HB 636 (Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act — final passage recorded); HB 364 (public-awareness campaign about illegal firearm discharge — final passage recorded); HB 475 (AI disclosure in medical settings — amendment adopted and final passage recorded); and many others reported by committee or returned with house amendments. Several bills were adopted without recorded roll-call debate via the concurrences and committee reports read on the floor.

This session included multiple committee reports submitted for consideration, several bills returned to the calendar for later debate (notably SB 490 on private-use electrical networks) and a mix of final-pass votes recorded by the clerk. For a complete list of bills read and committee reports, see the official journal and clerks' submissions on the legislative website.

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