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HB976 • 2026

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Creates liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Creates liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float

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
2026-03-18
Official status
Pending House Civil Law and Procedure - Considered 4/7/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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LIABILITY/CIVIL: Creates liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Creates liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float

What This Bill Does

  • LIABILITY/CIVIL: Creates liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-18 H

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

  2. 2026-03-17 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Creates liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-1634 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 976
BY REPRESENTATIVE TAYLOR
LIABILITY/CIVIL: Creates liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 9:2796.1, relative to reckless throwing from a parade float; to create a
3 presumption of liability; to provide for exceptions; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 9:2796.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 §2796.1. Reckless throwing from parade float
7 A. No person shall knowingly or negligently throw an object from a parade
8 float in a manner that is foreseeable to cause injury to another person.
9 B. Whoever violates this Section and causes injury to another person shall
10 be presumed liable for such injury.
11 C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a specific item or
12 the handing, dropping, or responsible tossing of any item that is not otherwise
13 prohibited.
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 976 Original 2026 Regular Session Taylor
Abstract: Creates a presumption of liability for recklessly throwing from a parade float.
Proposed law prohibits throwing an object from a parade float in a manner that is foreseeable
to cause injury to another person.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-1634 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 976
Proposed law creates a presumption of liability when someone recklessly throws an object
from a parade float and injures another person.
Proposed law clarifies that proposed law does not affect what items may be thrown from a
parade float.
(Adds R.S. 9:2796.1)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.