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LouisianaHB 5652026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

CHILDREN/CARE: Provides relative to fire safety provisions for day care centers

Sponsored By: Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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Child care fire appeals pause enforcement

The fire marshal must give written notice of violations or required fixes at covered early learning and child day care centers. The notice must cite the specific code rule. An affected person can appeal to the Division of Administrative Law within 15 days after receiving the notice. All enforcement actions, including fines, penalties, and closures, are paused until the appeal is finally decided. The marshal must prove that the requirement is expressly authorized by adopted state or federal fire and life safety codes.

Limits on child care fire requirements

Louisiana’s state fire marshal still oversees covered early learning and child day care centers, even where local fire bureaus exist. The marshal can enforce only requirements expressly stated in adopted state or federal fire and life safety codes—not add rules through policy, guidance, or interpretation. Requirements must fit each center’s size, occupancy, and risk; commercial or industrial standards apply only when the code expressly requires them. Standard home appliances, such as microwaves and coffee makers, do not require commercial ventilation or fire suppression unless expressly required by code. Local fire departments keep their right to consult with the marshal and plan for fires at facilities in their jurisdiction.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 32 • No: 0

House vote • 4/13/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 16 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 166.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/14/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/14/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/13/2026House

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

    5/13/2026House

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/12/2026Senate

  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 Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

    4/14/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/13/2026Senate

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

    4/9/2026House

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

    4/8/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (16-0).

    4/7/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/26/2026House

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

    2/26/2026House

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