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LouisianaSB 2602026 Regular SessionSenate

LIABILITY: Provides relative to youth athletics. (gov sig)

Sponsored By: Rick Edmonds (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Civil Law and ProcedureJudiciary A

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Bill Overview

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Youth sports volunteers need safety training

Louisiana’s Coach Safely Act ties liability protection for youth sports volunteers to safety training. Covered volunteers include coaches, managers, athletic trainers, team healthcare providers, and other team officials. They must take their league’s or team’s safety training, or complete a state-approved youth injury course. League or team training can be waived with documented first-aid and safety skills, including current CPR certification. Approved courses must cover emergency planning and response to traumatic injuries; concussions; heat and extreme-weather injuries; overuse, conditioning, recovery, and equipment use; and heart problems linked to sudden cardiac death. The Louisiana Department of Health must approve qualifying courses and publish a list within 180 days after the law’s effective date. It must review and update the list annually. The department need not fund course development and can accept donated online courses that it approves. Meeting the training requirement does not make liability protection automatic.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Beth Mizell

    Republican • Senate

  • Gary Carter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gregory A. Miller

    Republican • Senate

  • Jay Luneau

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 122 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 89 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/20/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 377.

    5/22/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 5/22/2026.

    5/22/2026Senate

  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 with amendments.

    5/7/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/6/2026House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

    5/5/2026House

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

    4/29/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/28/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (6-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/27/2026House

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

    4/21/2026House

  13. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/20/2026Senate

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

    4/20/2026House

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/15/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    4/14/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

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

    2/26/2026Senate

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