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LouisianaSB 1102026 Regular SessionSenate

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits using a child's image to train artificial intelligence to produce child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Heather Cloud (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Administration of Criminal JusticeJudiciary C

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

AI training ban targets child abuse

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana bans using a child's image with the intent to train artificial intelligence to produce child sexual abuse materials. The child must have been under 17 when the image was created, but does not have to be real. Judges or juries may use listed evidence to decide whether a real person was under 17 or an AI-training image shows someone who appears under 17. Factors include body growth, bone development, body hair, sexual development, the image's context, and any stated age. They may also consider expert opinions about age or development and other evidence the court finds relevant and reasonably reliable.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Heather Cloud

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Alan Seabaugh

    Republican • Senate

  • Beth Mizell

    Republican • Senate

  • Blake Miguez

    Republican • Senate

  • Brach Jerad Myers

    Republican • Senate

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

  • Glen Womack

    Republican • Senate

  • Gregory A. Miller

    Republican • Senate

  • John C. "Jay" Morris

    Republican • Senate

  • Jeremy Stine

    Republican • Senate

  • Mark Abraham

    Republican • Senate

  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesi

    Republican • Senate

  • Mike Reese

    Republican • Senate

  • Patrick McMath

    Republican • Senate

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

  • Stewart Cathey Jr.

    Republican • Senate

  • Thomas A. Pressly

    Republican • Senate

  • Valarie Hodges

    Republican • Senate

  • William "Bill" Wheat Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 142 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 4/28/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/17/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 211.

    5/14/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/14/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

    5/6/2026House

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/5/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/29/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/28/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    3/23/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/18/2026House

  14. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/17/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/11/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/10/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    2/23/2026Senate

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