Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana SB450: SCHOOLS: Requires mandatory reporting of school threats and provides for physical security school assessments for K-12 schools. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Status: Signed into law, June 8, 2026
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 17:409.3(A) and (C), R.S. 29:726.6(B)(2), and R.S. 44:4.1(B)(9) and to enact R.S. 17:409.3(D) and (E) and 416.16.2, relative to school safety; to provide for mandatory reporting of certain threats of violence or terrorism; to provide for physical security school assessments of certain elementary and secondary schools; to provide with respect to public schools, charter schools, and nonpublic schools; to provide for options of consideration; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for limitation of liability…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:409.3(A) and (C), R.S. 29:726.6(B)(2), and R.S. 44:4.1(B)(9) and to enact R.S. 17:409.3(D) and (E) and 416.16.2, relative to school safety; to provide for mandatory reporting of certain threats of violence or terrorism; to provide for physical security school assessments of certain elementary and secondary schools; to provide with respect to public schools, charter schools, and nonpublic schools; to provide for options of consideration; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for limitation of liability; to provide with respect to the admissibility of certain evidence; to provide with respect to grant programs for security measures; to provide with respect to confidentiality of certain public records; to provide for definitions; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 17:409.3(A) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 17:409.3(D) and (E) and 416.16.2 are hereby enacted to read as follows: §409.3. Mandatory reporting of threats of violence or threats of terrorism A.(1) Any administrator, teacher, counselor, bus operator, or other school employee, whether full-time or part-time, who learns of a threat of violence or threat Page 1 of Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SLS 26RS-699 ORIGINAL SB NO. of terrorism, whether through …