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)
This bill requires all K-12 school employees in Louisiana to immediately report any threats of violence or terrorism to local law enforcement and, if applicable, to the school administrator. It also mandates that law enforcement agencies forward these threat reports to the state's Louisiana Fusion Center within seven days, while protecting the privacy of students and individuals who made the reports. Additionally, the bill establishes a program where the Fusion Center will conduct free physical security assessments of public schools every three years starting in 2027, with optional assessments available for charter and nonpublic schools. The assessments will identify safety vulnerabilities and provide nonbinding recommendations for improvements, but schools are not required to implement these suggestions and will be protected from liability regardless of their decisions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 30, 2026
Signed Jun 8, 2026
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SB450 Original
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SB450 Act 901
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MODERATE
The bill was updated to reflect its final passage as Act No. 901, adding co-sponsors and correcting page numbering. Substantively, the reporting requirements for threats remain largely the same, but the physical security assessment section was significantly revised to allow schools to request assessments on a case-by-case basis rather than a mandatory schedule, and assessments are now explicitly limited by available funding.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include Representatives as co-sponsors. Applicability for physical security assessments shifted from a mandatory, scheduled program to an optional, request-based program subject to budgetary limits.
TECHNICAL
Header updated to reflect the bill is now an Enrolled Act (Act No. 901) with co-sponsors added.
Page numbering and internal coding headers were corrected to match the final enacted version.
REQUIREMENT
Physical security assessments changed from a mandatory schedule for all schools to an optional service available upon request.
Removed the specific mandate that the Fusion Center must conduct assessments beginning January 1, 2027, replacing it with a system where schools request assessments.
Reordered the list of eligible schools to prioritize public schools for the request-based assessment system.
FISCAL
Added a requirement that assessments can only be conducted within the limits of appropriated funds and available resources.
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2026 · House May 26, 2026
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 40
May 7, 2026
D
Democratic12
75% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
1
May 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 20, 2026
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
May 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 20, 2026
Committee
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Apr 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Introduced
Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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