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HB645 • 2026

ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its governing board or committee

ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its governing board or committee

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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
John Wyble
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Education
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its governing board or committee

ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its governing board or committee

What This Bill Does

  • ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its governing board or committee

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 Education.

  2. 2026-02-27 H

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

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

  4. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its governing board or committee

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-458 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 645
BY REPRESENTATIVE WYBLE
ATHLETICS: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition
sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial
appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its
governing board or committee
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:176(G), relative to high school interscholastic extracurricular athletics; to
3 prohibit certain schools from being members of, or participating in any competition
4 sponsored by, associations or organizations that do not have certain persons as voting
5 members of their governing boards or committees; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:176(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;
9 prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions
10 * * *
11 G. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public school or
12 nonpublic school that receives state funds may be a member of, or participate in any
13 competition sponsored by, any intrastate interscholastic extracurricular athletic
14 association or organization that does not provide for the following persons to serve
15 as members of its governing board or committee and to be afforded the voting rights
16 prescribed for all members:
17 (1) A person appointed by the governor of Louisiana.
18 (2) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of
19 the House of Representatives.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-458 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 645
1 (3) A member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.
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 645 Original 2026 Regular Session Wyble
Abstract: Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition
sponsored by, an athletic association that does not provide for a gubernatorial
appointee, a House member, and a Senate member to serve as voting members of its
governing board or committee.
Proposed law provides that no public school or nonpublic school that receives state funds
may be a member of, or participate in any competition sponsored by, any intrastate
interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for
the following persons to serve as members of its governing board or committee and to be
afforded the voting rights prescribed for all members:
(1) A person appointed by the governor of Louisiana.
(2) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker.
(3) A member of the Senate appointed by the president.
(Adds R.S. 17:176(G))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.