LouisianaLocal governments may restrict vapor product sales near schools
Louisiana law lets municipalities and parishes bar licensed sellers from selling, offering, or storing vapor products within 300 feet of a school if they adopt an ordinance.
What it does
A municipality or parish may bar licensed sellers from selling, offering, or storing vapor products within 300 feet of a school, but only after adopting an ordinance. The rule excludes certain state-authorized, state-regulated marijuana products.
Argument forLocal governments could keep vapor products farther from schools by barring sales, offers for sale, and stored stock within 300 feet.
Argument againstSellers could face different distance rules across communities, and a straight-line measurement would apply only to new permits issued after its adoption.
More detail
A municipality or parish may adopt an ordinance barring the sale, offer for sale, or storage of vapor products at licensed premises within 300 feet of a school. It covers licensed premises within 300 feet of a school as defined by state law. In municipalities and qualifying unincorporated areas, the distance is measured along sidewalks unless an alternate method is adopted. The restriction applies only after the municipality or parish adopts an ordinance. It does not apply to lawful marijuana or marijuana products authorized under state law and regulated by the Louisiana Department of Health. If a municipality or parish adopts an alternate straight-line measurement, it applies only to new permits issued on or after that ordinance is adopted.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 792.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 4Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 87, nays 3. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- Vote recorded ADOPT (#1638). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1834). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- Jun 1Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- May 31Conference committee report received.
- May 31Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- May 31Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2026.
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- Vote recorded REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1729). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 29House conferees appointed: Chassion, Robby Carter, and Knox.
- May 29Senate conference committee members appointed: Duplessis, McMath, and Reese.
- May 29Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 29Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 28Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1521). Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Called from the Calendar.
- May 28Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- May 28Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 28Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 27Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
- May 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 25Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Minor
- May 21Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 20Rules suspended.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1452). Result: pass.Lower
- May 20Called from the calendar.
- May 20Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- May 12Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- May 11Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 11Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.
- May 7Reported favorably (15-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 24Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Introduced
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