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LouisianaHB 1952026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Prohibits, with exceptions, a public postsecondary education institution from prohibiting a student from possessing self-defense chemical spray on campus

Sponsored By: Michael Robert Bayham Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

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

Campus spray protections for students have exceptions

Louisiana public colleges and universities generally cannot ban students from possessing qualifying self-defense chemical spray on campus. The device must be compact, designed to be carried on or about the person, and contain no more than two ounces of chemical. It must be carried solely for lawful self-defense. Institutions can ban it at their preschools, elementary schools, secondary schools, and patient care facilities on institutional property. They can also ban it in campus buildings or at events where armed security is provided or a contract prohibits possession.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 140 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/19/2026

Rules suspended. 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 • 4/8/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 3/31/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 421.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/21/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/20/2026House

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

    5/20/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

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

    5/12/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/8/2026House

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

    4/8/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.

    4/7/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (13-0).

    3/31/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

    3/9/2026House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

    2/20/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/18/2026House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

    2/18/2026House

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