Louisiana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Louisiana SB66: DISCRIMINATION: Provides relative to discrimination based on military status in education, employment, public accommodations an
Status: Chaptered, June 8, 2025
DISCRIMINATION: Provides relative to discrimination based on military status in education, employment, public accommodations and housing options. (8/1/25)
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 17:111(A)(1) and (B), R.S. 23:332(A)(1) and (2), (B), (C)(1) and (2), (D), (E), (F), and (H)(1) and (4), R.S. 49:145 and 146(A)(1), and R.S. 51:2606(A)(1) through (5), relative to discrimination based on military status; to prohibit discrimination in public schools; to prohibit discrimination in employment; to prohibit discrimination in public buildings; to prohibit discrimination in facilities to which the public is invited; to prohibit discrimination in the sale or rental of housing; and to provide for related matters.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:111(A)(1) and (B), R.S. 23:332(A)(1) and (2), (B), (C)(1) and (2), (D), (E), (F), and (H)(1) and (4), R.S. 49:145 and 146(A)(1), and R.S. 51:2606(A)(1) through (5), relative to discrimination based on military status; to prohibit discrimination in public schools; to prohibit discrimination in employment; to prohibit discrimination in public buildings; to prohibit discrimination in facilities to which the public is invited; to prohibit discrimination in the sale or rental of housing; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 17:111(A)(1) and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: §111. Discrimination in public schools prohibited; pupil assignment; religious educational institutions A.(1) No person shall be refused admission into or be excluded from any public school in the state of Louisiana on account of race, creed, color, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, national origin, military status, or natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle. Page 1 of Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SLS 25RS-112 ORIGINAL SB NO. * * * B. Except with the express approval of a board of education or school board having jurisdiction, a majority of the members of such board having been elected, no student …