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HB190 • 2026

LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs

LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs

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
2026-03-18
Official status
Pending Senate Judiciary A - Considered 5/5/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs

LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs

What This Bill Does

  • LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Draft

Plain English: SCAHB190 4335 3115 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB190 4335 3115 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 190 by Representative Schlegel 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 8, after "develops," insert "produces," and after "licenses," delete 3 "manufactures," 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, line 11, after "development," insert "production,"and after "licensing," delete 6 "manufacture," 7 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-18 S

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

  2. 2026-03-17 S

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

  3. 2026-03-17 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  4. 2026-03-16 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.

  5. 2026-03-11 H

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

  6. 2026-03-10 H

    Reported favorably (9-0).

  7. 2026-03-09 H

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

  8. 2026-02-20 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

  9. 2026-02-18 H

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

  10. 2026-02-18 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-643 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 190
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHLEGEL
(On Recommendation of the Louisiana State Law Institute)
LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software
and computer programs
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Civil Code Article 2317.2, relative to software and computer programs; to provide
3 for a standard of care in design, development, licensing, manufacture, and sale; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Civil Code Article 2317.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 Art. 2317.2. Software and computer programs
8 Any person who designs, develops, licenses, manufactures, or sells a
9 computer program or software that provides an interactive or personalized user
10 experience based on the user's data or information owes a duty to exercise reasonable
11 care in the design, development, licensing, manufacture, or sale of the computer
12 program or software.
13 Revision Comments - 2026
14 This Article does not foreclose the availability of any other cause of action
15 or theory of liability pursuant to this Code or other applicable law, including the
16 Louisiana Products Liability Act, R.S. 9:2800.51 et seq.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-643 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 190
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 190 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Schlegel
Abstract: Provides relative to the standard of care for activities related to computer
programs and software.
Proposed law (C.C. Art. 2317.2) requires a person to exercise reasonable care in the design,
development, manufacture, and sale of certain computer programs and software.
(Adds C.C. Art. 2317.2)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.