SB347Louisiana2026 sessionPassed / Enacted
Provides for the crime of "unlawful deepfake" to be added to the definition of power-based violence under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. (gov sig)
Plain-language summary
Adds the crime of 'unlawful deepfake' to the definition of power-based violence under Louisiana's Campus Accountability and Safety Act, extending campus safety protections to deepfake-based abuse against students.
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History
Feb 27, 2026
SPrefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
Mar 9, 2026
SIntroduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Apr 22, 2026
SRules suspended. Reported with amendments.
Apr 27, 2026
SRead by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Apr 28, 2026
SSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Apr 29, 2026
HReceived in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
May 5, 2026
HRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
May 12, 2026
HReported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 13, 2026
HReported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
May 18, 2026
HRead by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
May 18, 2026
HScheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
May 19, 2026
HRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
May 19, 2026
SReceived from the House with amendments.
May 20, 2026
SRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
May 20, 2026
SRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
May 20, 2026
SAmendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.
May 21, 2026
SEnrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 21, 2026
SSent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
May 25, 2026
HSigned by the Speaker of the House.
May 29, 2026
SSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 497.
May 29, 2026
SEffective date 5/29/2026.
Progress
Introduced
Engrossed
Enrolled
Passed
Signed into lawMay 29, 2026
Sponsors
RB
Sen. Regina Barrow (D)Prime sponsor
BF
Rep. Barbara Freiberg (R)
TJ
Rep. Terry Landry Jr. (D)
CM
Rep. Chasity Martinez (D)
LS
Rep. Laurie Schlegel (R)
ST
Rep. Sylvia Taylor (D)
Sources
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