COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Prohibits, with exceptions, a public postsecondary education institution from prohibiting a student from possessing self-defense chemical spray on campus

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. May 29Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 421.Became Law
   2. May 29Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 21Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 20Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   5. May 20Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. May 20Signed by the President of the Senate.
   7. May 19Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1007). Result: pass.Upper
   8. May 13Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. May 12Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. May 11Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 13Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
   12. Apr 8Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#355). Result: pass.Lower
   13. Apr 8Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   14. Apr 7Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
   15. Apr 1Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Mar 31Reported with amendments (13-0).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
   18. Feb 20First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
   19. Feb 18Prefiled.Minor
   20. Feb 18Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.Introduced