2025 Legislative Updates

Louisiana State House of Representatives

Current Louisiana legislation to watch:

HB421

Would ban “DEI” in LA state agencies

SB58

Creates crime of “child grooming” that could broadly be applied to libraries

SB15

Requires cooperation with ICE, with implications for student and patron privacy

HB290

Would require social media platforms to display a periodic popup about effects of social media usage (including on public computers)

HR179

Commends Carla Hayden on her service as the fourteenth Librarian of Congress