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HB423 • 2026

CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require rider accountability (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require rider accountability (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Crime
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Sylvia Taylor
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require rider accountability (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require rider accountability (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

What This Bill Does

  • CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require rider accountability (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  2. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  3. 2026-02-25 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  4. 2026-02-25 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require rider accountability (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-993 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 423
BY REPRESENTATIVE TAYLOR
CRIME: Provides relative to establishing statewide parade safety standards and require
rider accountability
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:39.3 relative to parade safety standards; to direct the Department of Public
3 Safety and Corrections to adopt rules ensuring safety at parades; to provide for
4 incident reports; to provide for identification of parade participants; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:39.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §39.3. Parade safety standards
9 A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules
10 and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to ensure all
11 of the following public safety measures are met at all permitted parades:
12 (1) To prohibit glass bottles on parade floats.
13 (2) To prohibit discriminatory items and items that convey discriminatory
14 messages.
15 (3) To prohibit throwing items with obscene words or symbols.
16 (4) To establish float rider safety briefings, which shall be provided to each
17 person riding on a parade float.
18 (5) To provide for incident reporting procedures when any of the rules
19 established pursuant to this Section are violated.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-993 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 423
1 B. Each organization hosting or conducting a parade shall maintain a list of
2 names of every person riding on a parade float or otherwise participating in a parade
3 procession for the purposes of identification following an incident report made
4 pursuant to this Section.
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 423 Original 2026 Regular Session Taylor
Abstract: Directs the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) to adopt safety
standards for parade participants.
Proposed law directs the DPS&C to prohibit certain items and behaviors from parade
participants.
Proposed law directs the DPS&C to establish rider safety briefings and provide for incident
reporting procedures.
Proposed law requires each organization conducting a parade to maintain a list of people
riding on a parade float for purposes of identification following an incident report.
(Adds R.S. 14:39.3)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.