New Louisiana laws taking effect June 8, 2026
26 laws take effect June 8, 2026.
Of the 1,474 bills enacted since 2025, 1,455 have an effective date and 19 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:20 a.m. EDT.
Budget (4)
HB 3 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 719 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district (EN +$3,411,000 GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 748 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides that any Louisiana school board-owned vehicles be exempt from paying tolls on any bridges and highways in the state (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 821 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for the establishment of the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools within the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice (EN +$250,000 GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
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Effective date: 06/08/2026.
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Education (4)
HB 1203 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to parent-driven learning microschools
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 325 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to TOPS-Tech (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 690 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 807 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the Workforce Instructor Capacity Investment Program to enhance workforce training programs to meet employer demand in certain industry sectors (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
How we got this date
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Effective date: 06/08/2026.
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Finance (4)
HB 1018 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to limitations on the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits
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Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 1098 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides with respect to a limitation of liability for aerospace entities
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Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 337 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to charitable bingo and the issuance of special licenses
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 850 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to cancellation notice requirements in the Standard Fire Policy
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
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Crime (3)
HB 1052 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to confidentiality policies and procedures pertaining to work product created, received, or maintained by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 579 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the rights of survivors of sexual assault
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 940 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to the unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
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Government (3)
HB 1056 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Natchitoches Parish
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 210 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides for restrictions on payments from nonpublic sources
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 755 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design services for certain projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
How we got this date
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Effective date: 06/08/2026.
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Healthcare (3)
HB 291 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status (EN INCREASE EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 761 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides with respect to the advisory board created to recommend new treatments for rare cancers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 971 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for rural health clinics (EN +$2,655,159 GF EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Agriculture (2)
HB 783 · 2026 Regular SessionDerived
Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1 and 4 and Section 3).
Sections 1 and 4 and Section 3: The provisions of Sections 1 and 4 and this Section of this Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Signed by the Governor Jun 8, 2026 → takes effect on that day Jun 8, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 797 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Wages (2)
HB 549 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
.HB 591 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates the Paid Family Leave Insurance Act
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Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
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Mining and Drilling (1)
HB 804 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates the Louisiana Energy Protection Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
Effective date: 06/08/2026.
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Enacted, but not yet dated (19)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect June 8, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 1085ContingentProvides with respect to vehicle inspection stickers (EN +$139,994 SG RV See Note)United States Environmental Protection Agency adopts the proposed State Implementation Plan amendments submitted by the Department of Environmental Quality
- HB 126ContingentModifies the funding formula used to determine minimum state funding allocations to parish councils on aging and increases the minimum aggregate total that is to be appropriated annually to the office of elderly affairs for such allocations (EN +$3,524,736 GF EX See Note)An Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for implementation of this Act becomes effective
- HB 177UnresolvedProvides for the territorial jurisdiction and election districts of the justice of the peace courts and constables in Iberville Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- HB 217ContingentAuthorizes an optional property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated and provides with respect to local redevelopment plans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)House Bill No. 214 of the 2026 Regular Session becoming law
- HB 466ContingentRequires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)Proposed amendment of Article VII of the Constitution in HB 473 adopted at statewide election and becomes effective
- HB 467ContingentRequires health insurance coverage for amino acid-based elemental formulas (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)An Act of the Legislature containing a specific appropriation for implementation of this Act becomes effective
- HB 512ContingentProvides relative to cell cultured food productsA final ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States holding that prohibitions on cell cultured food products do not violate the United States Constitution
- HB 564ContingentEstablishes the Conservation Incentive Program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)An Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for implementation of this Act becomes effective
- HB 570ContingentAuthorizes a taxing authority to levy a millage at a rate lower than the maximum authorized rate under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)House Bill No. 521 of the 2026 Regular Session becoming law
- HB 579ContingentProvides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds (EN -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note)Constitutional amendment of Article VII contained in HB 473 is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective
- HB 644ContingentProvides for the assessment of a fee for filing civil and criminal matters (EN +$694,384 SG RV See Note)Judicial Council provides a recommendation that the court costs and fees meet the applicable guidelines in its report to the Louisiana Legislature
- HB 648UnresolvedIncreases candidate qualifying fees and dedicates the monies to the Campaign Sign Recycling Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- HB 767ContingentAuthorizes recreational alligator hunting license and lottery feesif and when the Act which originated as Senate Bill No. 244 of the 2026 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective
- HB 781ContingentProvides for a fleet vehicle registration program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)Earlier of January 1, 2028 or when the office of motor vehicles electronic vehicle and registration system is updated to comply with the Act's provisions
- HB 961ContingentExtends eligibility to certain trusts for an ad valorem tax exemption for a property owner who is at least sixty-five years of age or older (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)House Bill No. 514 of this 2026 Regular Session becoming law
- SB 121UnresolvedProvides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- SB 234ContingentCreates and provides for the St. George Community School Board and school system in East Baton Rouge Parish. (See Act)Adoption at a statewide election of a constitutional amendment to Article VIII, Section 13(D)(1) authorizing the St. George Community School System to be treated as a parish with parish school system authority, or authorizing creation of school districts by legislative act
- SB 387ContingentProvides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (1/1/27) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)Section 4 of the Act originating as Senate Bill No. 401 of the 2026 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective
- SB 81ContingentProvides relative to waiver of a trial by jury in a noncapital felony case. (See Act)Proposed amendment to Article I, Section 17(A) of the Louisiana Constitution in SB 97 is adopted at a statewide election and becomes effective