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HB134 • 2026

CONTRACTS: Provides relative to material harmful to minors (EGF SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

CONTRACTS: Provides relative to material harmful to minors (EGF SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Laurie Schlegel
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
House adopted Conference Committee Report
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about how the law will be enforced in practice or which types of online content are considered harmful to minors.

Law to Protect Minors from Harmful Online Material

This bill creates a new Louisiana law that stops companies from showing harmful online content to minors who have accounts with them and allows the state attorney general to fine these companies if they break this rule.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines terms related to contracts involving minors, interactive computer services, and material harmful to minors.
  • Prohibits interactive computer services that enter into a contract with a minor from delivering or displaying material harmful to minors created by the service.
  • Allows the attorney general to sue companies that break this law and get a court order to stop them, along with fines up to $10,000 per violation.
  • Gives the attorney general permission to collect fees for legal action and investigative costs if they win in court.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Interactive computer services that enter into contracts or have accounts with minors
  • The state's attorney general who enforces this law

Terms To Know

interactive computer service
A company that provides online services like social media, gaming platforms, and other internet-based activities.
material harmful to minors
Online content that is considered inappropriate or dangerous for children and teenagers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a company corrects the violation after being fined.
  • It's unclear how this law will be enforced in practice, such as which types of online material are harmful to minors.
  • The exact penalties and enforcement methods depend on court decisions.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment defines key terms related to material harmful to minors and sets restrictions on interactive computer services that contract with minors, including fines for violations.

  • Defines 'substantial portion' in relation to material harmful to minors.
  • Restricts interactive computer services containing a substantial amount of material harmful to minors from providing such content to minors through contracts.
  • Imposes civil fines up to $10,000 per violation for non-compliance with the restrictions.
  • The exact criteria for determining what constitutes a 'substantial portion' are not specified in the provided text.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes how certain material harmful to minors is handled by removing specific sections and altering wording related to delivering, displaying, and the overall structure of the bill.

  • Removes the phrase '(1) Deliver' from line 18 on page 1.
  • Adds 'to a minor account' after 'display' before 'material' on line 18 on page 1.
  • Deletes lines 1 and 2 entirely on page 2.
  • Deletes lines 7 through 23 entirely on page 2.
  • The exact impact of these changes is unclear without the full context of the original bill text.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes specific wording and removes certain lines related to the delivery and display of material harmful to minors.

  • Removes the phrase 'shall not' at line 17 on page 1.
  • Changes '(1) Deliver' to just 'deliver' at the start of line 18 on page 1.
  • Adds 'to a minor account' after 'display' and before 'material' on line 18 on page 1.
  • Deletes lines 1 and 2 in their entirety on page 2.
  • The amendment deletes several lines from the bill, but does not provide context for what those deleted sections contained, making it unclear what specific content is removed.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1231 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 134 BY SCHLEGEL REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/13/2026 Time: 2:29:43 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1231 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 134 BY SCHLEGEL REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/13/2026 Time: 2:29:43 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.
  • Speaker Adams Amedee Bacala Bagley Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carter, W.
  • Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Edmonston Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds definitions for 'substantial portion' and modifies the bill's language to include content that is harmful to minors.

  • Adds a definition for 'substantial portion,' which means more than one-third (33.3%) of something.
  • Modifies the existing text to specify that it applies to services containing a substantial portion of material harmful to minors.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  2. 2026-05-29 H

    Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  3. 2026-05-29 H

    Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

  4. 2026-05-29 S

    Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.

  5. 2026-05-28 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  6. 2026-05-28 S

    Conference committee report received.

  7. 2026-05-28 H

    Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  8. 2026-05-25 H

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  9. 2026-05-21 S

    Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Luneau, and Seabaugh.

  10. 2026-05-19 S

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  11. 2026-05-19 H

    House conferees appointed: Schlegel, Muscarello, and Villio.

  12. 2026-05-13 S

    Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  13. 2026-05-13 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  14. 2026-05-12 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.

  15. 2026-05-12 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  16. 2026-05-11 S

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  17. 2026-05-04 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  18. 2026-04-29 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  19. 2026-04-28 S

    Reported favorably.

  20. 2026-04-08 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  21. 2026-04-07 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  22. 2026-04-07 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  23. 2026-04-01 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

  24. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  25. 2026-03-30 H

    Reported with amendments (5-0-1).

  26. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  27. 2026-02-13 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

  28. 2026-02-13 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  29. 2026-02-13 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CONTRACTS: Provides relative to material harmful to minors (EGF SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-548 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 134
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHLEGEL AND EDMONSTON
CONTRACTS: Provides relative to material harmful to minors
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 9:2717.2.1, relative to material harmful to minors, to provide relative to
3 interactive computer services that enter into a contract with a minor; to provide
4 relative to the delivery or display of material harmful to minors; to provide relative
5 to algorithmic systems and the delivery of material harmful to minors; to provide for
6 definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for an effective date; and to provide
7 for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 9:2717.2.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §2717.2.1. Display or delivery of material harmful to minors
11 A. For purposes of this Section, the following terms apply:
12 (1) "Account", "interactive computer service", and "minor" have the same
13 meanings as provided in R.S. 9:2717.2.
14 (2) "Material harmful to minors" has the same meaning as provided in R.S.
15 51:2121.
16 B. An interactive computer service that enters into a contract with a minor,
17 including the creation of an online account, shall not deliver or display to a minor
18 account material harmful to minors that was created or developed, in whole or in
19 part, by the interactive computer service.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-548 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 134
1 C.(1) Any interactive computer service that violates the provisions of this
2 Section shall be subject to a civil fine of up to ten thousand dollars per violation set
3 and enforced by the attorney general by filing a civil enforcement action in a court
4 of competent jurisdiction.
5 (2) If a court of competent jurisdiction grants judgment or injunctive relief
6 to the attorney general, the court shall award the attorney general reasonable attorney
7 fees, court costs, and investigative costs.
8 D. All monies received from the payment of a fine or civil penalty imposed
9 and collected pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be used by the attorney
10 general for consumer protection efforts or to promote consumer protection and
11 education.
12 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 134 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Schlegel
Abstract: Provides relative to interactive computer services that contract with minors and
the display of material harmful to minors.
Proposed law defines "account", "interactive computer service", "minor", and "material
harmful to minors".
Proposed law prohibits an interactive computer service that enters into a contract with a
minor from delivering or displaying to a minor account material harmful to minors that was
created or developed, in whole or in part, by the interactive computer service.
Proposed law subjects any interactive computer service that violates the provisions of
proposed law to a civil fine of up to $10,000 per violation set and enforced by the attorney
general by filing a civil enforcement action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Proposed law provides that if a court of competent jurisdiction grants judgment or injunctive
relief to the attorney general, the court shall award the attorney general reasonable attorney
fees, court costs, and investigative costs.
Effective Jan. 1, 2027.
(Adds R.S. 9:2717.2.1)
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HLS 26RS-548 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 134
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to the original bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Specify that an interactive computer service is prohibited from delivering to a
minor account any material harmful to minors created by the interactive
computer service.
3. Remove the restrictions on the algorithm used by an interactive computer
service.
4. Remove the penalty provisions which would have allowed an interactive
computer service to cure a violation of proposed law.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.