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LouisianaHB 11372026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

EMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATN: Prohibits intentional discrimination based on compelled speech with respect to using certain pronouns, names, or honorifics

Sponsored By: Raymond J. Crews (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Labor and Industrial Relations

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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Name and pronoun protections for public workers

The law protects Louisiana state and local government employees, including job applicants. Employers cannot require workers to state pronouns that conflict with their sex. Employers also cannot require workers to use names other than their legal names or versions of them in official records or communications. Workers cannot be forced to address others using names outside that same rule, or pronouns, titles, or greetings that conflict with their sex. Workers are protected from job penalties for refusing those names or pronouns, declining to identify their own pronouns, or using sex-consistent pronouns. The law defines sex as immutable biological sex shown on the original birth certificate. Legal names are those on birth certificates, including lawful amendments. Employees can voluntarily agree on forms of address without employer pressure.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Raymond J. Crews

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Adam Bass

    Republican • Senate

  • Alan Seabaugh

    Republican • Senate

  • Blake Miguez

    Republican • Senate

  • John C. "Jay" Morris

    Republican • Senate

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

  • Valarie Hodges

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 168 • No: 69

House vote • 5/20/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 70 • No: 24

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Rules suspended. 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.

Yes: 26 • No: 9

House vote • 4/15/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 66 • No: 32

House vote • 4/9/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 6 • No: 4

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 579.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/26/2026House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/25/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/20/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

    5/19/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/18/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. 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.

    5/13/2026Senate

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/5/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/4/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    4/29/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    4/21/2026Senate

  14. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/20/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/15/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.

    4/14/2026House

  17. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/13/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (6-4).

    4/9/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    4/1/2026House

  20. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/31/2026House

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