SB347Introduced in the Senate
Provides for the crime of "unlawful deepfake" to be added to the definition of power-based violence under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. (gov sig)
Introduced by Regina Barrow, District 15
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Official description
Provides for the crime of "unlawful deepfake" to be added to the definition of power-based violence under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. (gov sig)
Where it stands
Effective date 5/29/2026.
May 29, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
2 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Vote on SB 347 FINAL PASSAGE (#1094) · May 20, 2026
32
Yes
0
No
7
Absent or Not Voting
39 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
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| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Owen | 1 | Yes |
| Edward Price | 2 | Yes |
| Sidney Barthelemy | 3 | Yes |
| Jimmy Harris | 4 | Yes |
| Royce Duplessis | 5 | Yes |
| Rick Edmonds | 6 | Yes |
| Gary Carter | 7 | Yes |
| Patrick Connick | 8 | Yes |
| Cameron Henry | 9 | Absent |
| Kirk Talbot | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
Received from the House with amendments.
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 497.
Effective date 5/29/2026.
Verify the information
- Official page on the Louisiana Legislature website
- Senate Committee Amendment #2577 EDUC Proposed (amendment)
- Senate Committee Amendment #2497 EDUC Draft (amendment)
- Senate Committee Amendment #2489 EDUC Draft (amendment)
- Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment #2625 Miller G. Proposed (amendment)
- Senate Floor Amendment #2900 Barrow Adopted (amendment)
- House Committee Amendment #5297 EDUC Draft (amendment)
- House Committee Amendment #5473 EDUC Proposed (amendment)
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