THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
LA HB1137 (2026)
Prohibits intentional discrimination based on compelled speech with respect to using certain pronouns, names, or honorifics
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 579.
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Misgendering
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Engrossed text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Engrossed text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Enrolled text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Chaptered text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Read by title. Lies over under the rules. | |
| House | Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. | |
| House | Reported favorably (6-4). | |
| House | Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. | |
| House | Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026. | |
| House | Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. | |
| Senate | Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. | |
| Senate | Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. | |
| Senate | Reported with amendments. | |
| Senate | Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. | |
| Senate | Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. | |
| Senate | Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. | |
| House | Received from the Senate with amendments. | |
| House | Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026. | |
| House | Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in. | |
| House | Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. | |
| Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate. | |
| House | Sent to the Governor for executive approval. | |
| House | Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 579. | |
| House | Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
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