LouisianaLouisiana offers display-ready birth certificates for a $50 fee
Louisiana's law lets people request a display-ready birth certificate for $50, with part of the fee supporting state health offices.
What it does
People may request a display-ready birth certificate for $50. It has the same status as a certified copy as evidence and must include safeguards against fraud.
Each certificate costs $50: $20 supports the state registrar's work on the certificates, and $30 goes to the Office on Women's Health and Community Health.
Argument forPeople could display a certificate that carries the same evidence status as a certified copy, with safeguards against fraud.
Argument againstThe $50 fee could put a display copy out of reach for some families who want one.
More detail
The department issues a commemorative birth certificate when someone requests one and pays the fee. The certificate names a person whose birth is recorded in the Vital Records Registry. The certificate says the named person's birth is recorded in the Vital Records Registry. It must have safeguards against tampering, counterfeiting, and fraudulent copying. The department issues the certificate upon request and payment of the fee.
The law sets a $50 fee and directs how the money is divided. The fee applies to each commemorative birth certificate issued under the law. The state registrar keeps $20 to produce and administer the certificates. The remaining $30 goes to the Office on Women's Health and Community Health. The fee applies when a commemorative birth certificate is issued.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 12Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 1.Became Law
- Jun 12Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 26Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 25Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 25Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 25Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 21Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1173). Result: pass.Upper
- May 18Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 14Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 13Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 14Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Apr 13Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 9Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#412). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 8Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
- Apr 7Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 1Reported with amendments (11-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
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