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LouisianaHB 1542026 Regular SessionHouse

CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to paternity and the collection of child support

Sponsored By: Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary ACivil Law and Procedure

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New paternity rules and protections for minors

Minors who are not legally emancipated cannot sign a paternity acknowledgment before age 16. At ages 16 or 17, they need court approval. They can request approval in a qualified court in the parish where they or the child have their legal home. The court can approve without other parties taking part, after considering the best interests of both the minor and child. It can require the minor to appear to check their understanding and whether they discussed acknowledgment with parents or a tutor. The court must ensure the minor knows about the right to seek blood or tissue testing before signing. If approval is denied, the minor can ask a court for legal emancipation.

Child support courts must consider minor parents

Louisiana courts must consider added factors when deciding whether to depart from standard child support amounts. These include a parent's status as a minor who is not legally emancipated. Courts must weigh the minor's limited ability to enter contracts, handle legal steps, and earn money. They must also consider available family or other support and the value of continuing the minor's education. Courts can consider any other reason standard amounts are unfair to the parties or against the child's best interests. These factors do not automatically reduce or change child support.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 133 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/13/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 92 • No: 0

House vote • 3/30/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 130.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/13/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/12/2026House

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

    5/12/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    5/4/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    4/14/2026Senate

  12. Called from the calendar.

    4/13/2026House

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  15. Called from the calendar.

    4/9/2026House

  16. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/9/2026House

  17. Notice given.

    4/9/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

    4/9/2026House

  19. Notice given.

    4/8/2026House

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

    4/8/2026House

  21. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/7/2026House

  22. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

  24. Reported favorably (7-0).

    3/30/2026House

  25. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/9/2026House

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