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LouisianaHB 9372026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

AMUSEMENT PARKS: Provides relative to revisions of the Amusement Rides Safety Law

Sponsored By: Jeremy LaCombe (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 3 mixed.

Ride businesses face licensing fees

Ride inspection and operating firms and individuals must obtain licenses and the right endorsements; inspection endorsements also allow necessary testing. Registering or annually renewing a kiddie ride or attraction costs $100; an adult ride or attraction costs $200. Third-party inspection or owner-operator firm licenses cost $500 initially and $250 to renew. Individual third-party inspector or owner-operator licenses cost $350 initially and $200 to renew. Duplicate or replacement licenses, and individual-license transfers between firms, cost $25 per request, up from $20.

Ride businesses face new insurance rules

Ride operators must carry at least $1 million in general liability insurance covering rider injuries; bonds no longer qualify. Operators must name the State Fire Marshal as certificate holder and file proof with its licensing division. Inspection and operating firms applying for licenses need at least $1 million in general liability coverage and workers' compensation coverage. Inspection firms must name the marshal as certificate holder, but their listed application requirements no longer include errors-and-omissions coverage. Operating firms' policies must list every covered attraction or ride on the declarations page.

More ride owners face registration rules

The law replaces the separate inflatable-device category with amusement attractions in the affected safety rules. Its owner definition covers anyone owning at least one attraction or ride used in Louisiana. The old definition used a threshold of more than two inflatable devices. Registration requires an approved application, valid required insurance, and an inspection certificate. Replacement plates or decals still cost $30 each; owners must attest to a lost plate or return the damaged item.

Ride operators pay missed-notice fines

Operators must notify Louisiana's Office of State Fire Marshal at least five days before operations or location or device changes. The listed failures to give advance operation or change notices carry a $50 fine per ride or attraction, per event. Failure to provide the required notice of intent to start operations carries a $250 fine per ride or attraction, per event. The $250 fine replaces the former escalating schedule.

Ride licenses get revised renewal penalties

Amusement safety license renewals filed within 15 days after expiration have no late fee. Later filings carry a $125 late fee, replacing the former $25 and $50 tiers. The law removes automatic suspension for failing to renew within 60 days after expiration. It also removes the related reinstatement fee.

State inspections tighten ride safety checks

Louisiana's Office of State Fire Marshal must inspect each ride or attraction before it operates at every event. Third-party inspectors and trained operator employees no longer have the former option to perform these set-up inspections. The marshal must stop and tag any ride or attraction that fails inspection. Third-party inspectors must report safety violations within five days of inspection, down from 10 days. The marshal must also adopt safety rules for taking rides out of service, alongside installation, repair, maintenance, operation, and inspection rules.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jeremy LaCombe

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 236 • No: 0

House vote • 5/20/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 4/13/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 92 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 16 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 447.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/22/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

    5/20/2026House

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

    5/19/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    5/4/2026Senate

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

    4/29/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    4/28/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

    4/15/2026Senate

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

    4/14/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/9/2026House

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

    4/8/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (16-0).

    4/7/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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