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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana enacts the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act to overhaul campus reporting, transparency, and training rules
Last action · May 22, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsors: Vanessa Caston LaFleur and 97 others
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana requires public postsecondary institutions to maintain publicly accessible websites detailing student organization disciplinary actions, mandates annual hazing prevention training for students and advisors, and penalizes noncompliant institutions by restricting State Bond Commission debt approvals.
Changes disciplinary and transparency requirements for public colleges, student organizations, and advisors, while imposing financial penalties on institutions that fail to comply with hazing reporting mandates.
- Hazing prevention legislation in Louisiana has seen heightened legislative focus following high-profile campus incidents in recent years. context
- The Board of Regents serves as the state-level coordinating body for public higher education in Louisiana. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Students at public postsecondary institutions
Students must receive annual hazing education, are protected by whistleblower amnesty provisions, and face expulsion or suspension for hazing violations.
Student organizations
Organizations must report hazing violations, complete annual training, adopt institutional hazing policies, and face deactivation or permanent banishment for noncompliance.
Public postsecondary education institutions
Institutions must overhaul reporting systems, maintain public transparency websites, update student codes of conduct, and face debt-incurring bans for noncompliance.
Student organizational advisors
Advisors are required to complete at least one hour of annual hazing prevention training prior to serving.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a student organization fails to report an incident of hazing?
Are student names published on the institution's public hazing disclosure website?
What is the penalty for an institution that fails to comply with the Act?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 22, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 309.
- May 22, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 19, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 19, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 19, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 19, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
Show 14 earlier actions
- May 18, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 13, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 12, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseReported with amendments (14-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Replacement of Prior Hazing Statutes
The Act explicitly repeals R.S. 17:1801.1 in its entirety while reenacting and expanding R.S. 17:1801 to institute centralized oversight, public websites, and strict debt-incurring penalties for noncompliant institutions.
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www.legis.la.gov
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