SB 42
Effective date 8/1/2026
CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)
- Louisiana
- Senate
- Introduced Mar 9, 2026
- Session 2026
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Effective date 8/1/2026.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
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Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
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Conference committee report received.
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Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Cloud, and Hodges.
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House conferees appointed: Bacala, Villio, and Schlegel.
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Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Motion to reconsider called from the table.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.