Louisiana AI Laws: What's Enacted and What's Next (2027)

As of November 2026, Louisiana has not enacted a comprehensive AI law; what it has are targeted measures, including AI disclosure rules for election ads (HB 459, Act 806, and HB 639, Act 559), a health care recording disclosure (HB 475, Act 649), and criminal laws on deepfakes and AI-generated sexual images. The Louisiana Data Privacy Act (SB 386, Act 502) takes effect January 1, 2027.

How we searched: Where this page says we found no law, we mean the Louisiana Legislature's bill-text search for the 2025 and 2026 Regular Sessions, all versions, using "artificial intelligence", "chatbot", "machine learning", "automated decision" and related terms, plus "algorithm" and "automated" for 2026. We read the title and status of every hit and opened the enrolled text of those that appeared to bear on AI. We did not sweep earlier sessions, extraordinary sessions or the full Revised Statutes.

This page covers Louisiana state law as of November 4, 2026. It is general legal information, not legal advice. For the national picture, see our guide to US AI laws.

Louisiana AI Laws at a Glance

Act 649 (HB 475): AI Transcription in Health Care

Louisiana did act on AI in health care in 2026, in a narrow way. Act 649 enacted R.S. 37:22.1.

A healthcare professional licensed by this Title shall verbally disclose the use of any recording device, software, or service to a patient before recording any part of an appointment or treatment to be transcribed by artificial intelligence.

A professional who violates the section may face discipline from his or her licensing board. The professional is immune from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The act is a disclosure rule; it does not limit how AI is used in diagnosis or treatment.

Act 806 and Act 559: AI in Louisiana Election Communications

Act 806 bars an electioneering communication that portrays a candidate, or an elected official subject to recall, and is "through the use of artificial intelligence, created, altered, or digitally manipulated in a manner that would falsely appear to a reasonable observer to be an authentic record of the actual speech or conduct of a candidate or an elected official subject to recall and that would falsely appear to replace an individual's likeness with the likeness of a candidate or an elected official subject to recall" unless it carries a clear and understandable disclosure that it was created using AI.

The penalty is conditional. A person who violates the section "with the intent to injure the reputation of a candidate or elected official subject to recall or to otherwise deceive a voter" faces a fine of up to $2,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both. The section does not apply to a media entity that broadcasts a paid item in which the broadcaster had no input or control.

Act 559 adds R.S. 18:1463.1(D). It bars a telephone or automated call "created using artificial intelligence, using the voice of a public figure" without a clear and understandable disclosure at the beginning of the call.

Both acts followed a veto. Governor Landry's letter dated June 20, 2024 vetoed HB 154 of 2024, citing "serious First Amendment concerns." We did not find a court challenge to Act 806 or Act 559 in web searches, and those would not show every filing.

Louisiana Deepfake Laws in Brief

R.S. 14:73.13 (Act 457 of 2023, amended 2026) covers knowingly creating or possessing deepfake material depicting a minor in sexual conduct, and distributing a sexual deepfake of another person without consent. The Ivy Daniels Act (HB 119, Act 782) created R.S. 14:73.15 (numbered 14:73.14.1 in the Act), which makes it unlawful to possess a video or still image created by AI depicting another person under 17 who is totally nude or in a state of undress exposing the genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breasts, when the possessor knows or has reason to know the possession is not licensed or authorized. The penalty is up to five years, with at least one year imposed without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, and an educator whose victim is a student may face up to two more years. An offender under 14 is handled under the Children's Code. The section does not apply to a person who had no specific intent to receive the image and did not consent to receiving it, or to an interactive computer service, email provider, or telecommunications or information service provider whose service was used to violate it.

SB 42, Act 892, extends R.S. 14:81.1 to an image generated by means including AI that, to a reasonable person, is a virtually indistinguishable depiction of a child under 17. SB 110, Act 211, reaches using an image of a child with the intent to train an AI model to produce child sexual abuse material. Our guide to Louisiana deepfake laws has more on R.S. 14:73.13.

Act 250 of 2025: AI-Generated Evidence in Louisiana Courts

Act 250 is a revision of civil procedure, in force since August 1, 2025. Code of Civil Procedure article 371 says an attorney shall not knowingly encourage or produce false evidence, "including evidence that is artificially generated or altered by any means." An attorney also "shall exercise reasonable diligence to verify the authenticity of evidence before offering it to the court."

Article 1551 on pretrial conferences applies when a party has reasonable suspicion that an opposing party's exhibits are falsified, "including having been generated by artificial intelligence or altered by any means." That party must raise the concern at the pretrial conference or at a pretrial hearing on admissibility. A party that knows or has reason to know its own exhibits are falsified must disclose it under article 371. These two rules do not apply to demonstrative exhibits.

State Government: Executive Order JML 25-109

Executive Order JML 25-109, "Amended State Government's Use of AI," was signed September 29, 2025, and it binds state government. Agency use of any AI source must first be approved by the Chief Information Officer, or by the agency head for agencies outside the Office of Technology Services.

The order barred agencies from procuring or licensing AI before December 15, 2025. It called for policies by that date, an inventory of AI contracts and use cases, and data review before a dataset is used in an AI system. Until those policies are in place, agencies may not enter listed data, such as personal identifying information and confidential data, into an AI system.

The order's recitals name DeepSeek, and they say free software from nation-states such as the Chinese Communist Party should be strictly prohibited. Its numbered sections do not name a product. The governor's October 13, 2025 release says the order "bans the use of free AI tools created and operated by hostile foreign governments" in Louisiana schools, colleges and state agencies.

The Division of Administration's AI Acceptable Use Policy, effective September 29, 2025, applies to agencies and users under the Office of Technology Services. It does not govern personal use of AI on personal devices for non-business use.

AI Note-Takers and Recording in Louisiana

AI meeting assistants raise recording consent questions, which our guide to Louisiana AI meeting recording laws covers.

One new law sits nearby without naming AI. Act 965 (HB 410), effective August 1, 2026, enacted R.S. 9:2790.1 to 2790.4. It bars a participant from intentionally using "a wearable eyeglass recording device" to video and record or transcribe a direct conversation unless all participants are specifically notified, with a list of exceptions and a civil claim that requires actual damages.

What We Did Not Find in Louisiana Law

In the search described at the top of this page, through November 4, 2026, we found no Louisiana act on AI in employment decisions or insurance, no companion chatbot act, no general AI disclosure law beyond elections, and no frontier model law. Bills on each of those subjects were filed and did not pass, as listed below.

Louisiana is not on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' list of states acting on its model bulletin on insurers' use of AI, in the list's status as of November 3, 2026. That list may lag, and we did not search the Louisiana Department of Insurance's own bulletins.

Web searches found no Louisiana Attorney General suit against an AI company, and they would not show every filing. General laws such as the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law are not AI laws, and this page does not cover how a court would apply them to AI.

Louisiana AI Bills That Did Not Pass

These are bills, not law. Each status is what the legislature's site showed on November 4, 2026. The 2026 Regular Session has ended.

How Federal AI Policy Affects Louisiana

As of November 4, 2026, we found no federal statute in the public laws of the 119th Congress that sets general rules for private AI systems or generally preempts state AI laws. In December 2025, Executive Order 14365 directed federal agencies to challenge or discourage state AI laws the administration views as conflicting with national policy, and called for a federal framework from Congress. The order itself does not declare any state law invalid.

The Justice Department formed an AI Litigation Task Force in January 2026, the White House issued legislative recommendations in March 2026, and the FTC proposed a policy statement in July 2026. Separately, in April 2026 the Justice Department intervened in a lawsuit against Colorado's AI law under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We did not find a published Commerce evaluation of state laws in the Federal Register or on ntia.gov, or a BEAD notice carrying the order's AI condition on NTIA's sites.

For more, see our pages on Trump's AI executive orders and state AI law preemption.

What Changes in Louisiana AI Law in 2027

Two laws take effect January 1, 2027. Neither is an AI act by name. The privacy act reaches solely automated profiling.

The Louisiana Data Privacy Act. Act 502, signed May 29, 2026, is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2027, at R.S. 51:1780.1 to 1780.5. Its word is "profiling," defined as "any form of solely automated processing performed on personal data" to evaluate, analyze or predict personal aspects of an identified or identifiable individual. Consumers may opt out of profiling in furtherance of a decision that produces a legal or similarly significant effect.

The act applies only to a person or entity doing business in Louisiana that has annual gross revenues above $25 million; annually buys, receives for its commercial purposes, sells or shares for commercial purposes the personal information of 75,000 or more consumers, households or devices; or derives 50 percent or more of annual revenues from selling consumers' personal information. It exempts state agencies and political subdivisions, financial institutions and Gramm-Leach-Bliley data, HIPAA covered entities and business associates, nonprofits, institutions of higher education and electric public utilities, among others. A "consumer" does not include an individual acting in a commercial or employment context.

The Attorney General enforces the act, with no private right of action. From January 1, 2027, through July 31, 2027, the Attorney General must give notice before investigating, and a person who cures within 30 days and meets the act's conditions avoids an investigation.

Act 618 (HB 134). This act enacts R.S. 9:2717.2.1. An interactive computer service that contracts with a minor may not deliver or display to a minor account material harmful to minors "that was created or developed, in whole or in part, by the interactive computer service." The act's title mentions algorithmic systems, but its operative text does not name AI or algorithms, and we do not count it as an AI law. The Attorney General enforces it, with civil fines up to $10,000 per violation after notice and a chance to cure.

Beyond those two, as of November 4, 2026, we found no AI law scheduled to take effect in Louisiana in 2027; we searched the Louisiana Legislature's bill-text search for the 2025 and 2026 Regular Sessions. We did not review any bill filed for the 2027 session.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Louisiana have an AI law?

Louisiana has no comprehensive AI law that we found. It has targeted measures on election communications, health care recording, deepfakes and AI-generated sexual images, court evidence and state agency use, and a privacy act scheduled for January 1, 2027.

Does Louisiana regulate AI in health care?

In one narrow way. Act 649 requires a healthcare professional licensed under Title 37 to verbally disclose a recording device, software or service before recording an appointment or treatment to be transcribed by AI. Bills on broader AI use by providers and insurers did not pass.

Are AI deepfakes illegal in Louisiana elections?

Act 806 requires a clear and understandable disclosure on electioneering communications that portray a candidate or an elected official subject to recall and are created or altered with AI so they would falsely appear to a reasonable observer to be an authentic record of that person's speech or conduct and to replace an individual's likeness with that person's likeness. The penalty applies when a violation is made with intent to injure a reputation or deceive a voter. A broadcaster of a paid item with no input or control over it is exempt.

Can a Louisiana employer use AI in hiring?

We found no Louisiana act on AI in employment decisions in the 2025 and 2026 Regular Sessions. HB 421 of 2026, on automated decision systems in employment, did not pass. General employment laws are not AI laws, and this page does not cover how they apply.

Does Louisiana have a chatbot law?

We found no Louisiana companion chatbot act in the 2025 and 2026 Regular Sessions. SB 5 on mental health chatbots and HB 1188 on minors and companion chatbots did not pass.

What AI laws take effect in Louisiana in 2027?

No act named as an AI law that we found. The Louisiana Data Privacy Act, scheduled for January 1, 2027, adds an opt-out from solely automated profiling in significant decisions. Act 618, on the same date, covers material harmful to minors from interactive computer services.