2026
Legislative Agenda
Lift Louisiana advocates for legislation that uplifts reproductive justice values; tracks, analyzes, and responds to proposals that limit or roll back access to care; and equips allies, advocates, and policymakers with clear, timely analysis of legislation and policy.
This legislative session, Lift is advancing priority legislation that strengthens patient privacy protections, ensures access to non-coercive and unbiased pregnancy-related services, and addresses gaps in abortion law that impact survivors of sexual violence. Lift also supports measures that expand civil and human rights, including protections for LGBTQ+ workers, voting rights, and the modernization of HIV-related criminal law.
At the same time, Lift opposes legislation that would interfere with medical decision-making, restrict minors’ access to care, impose ideological requirements in healthcare settings, or elevate parental control in ways that undermine young people’s autonomy and well-being.
In partnership with directly impacted communities and experts in medicine, public health, law, and economics, Lift provides testimony, conducts advocacy trainings, and organizes to ensure that those most affected by these policies are at the center of decision-making. Through this work, Lift remains committed to advancing policies that affirm the dignity, autonomy, and human rights of all people in Louisiana.
What We Are Working On Now
PRIORITY LEGISLATION
House Bill 261
by Rep. Delisha Boyd
HB 261 by Representative Delisha Boyd would ensure that survivors of sexual violence can access abortion care and reclaim control over their life, body, and future.
House Bill 897
by Rep. Mandie Landry
HB 897 by Representative Mandie Landry establishes confidentiality, transparency, access, and data security requirements for Pregnancy Centers.
House Bill 611
by Rep. Aimee Freeman
HB 611 by Representative Aimee Freeman requires pregnancy centers providing healthcare services to be licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health.
House Bill 931
by Rep. Mandie Landry
HB 931 by Representative Mandie Landry ensures that state-funded pregnancy centers cannot condition services on participation in religious programming.
LEGISLATION WE SUPPORT
House Bill 293
by Rep. Delisha Boyd
HB 293 by Representative Delisha Boyd adds sexual orientation and gender identity as protected characteristics in employment law, making it so that employers cannot fire employees simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Senate Bill 365
by Sen. Royce Duplessis
SB 365 by Senator Royce Duplessis establishes state-level protections against voter suppression and vote dilution by prohibiting discriminatory election policies and practices and creating enforcement mechanisms. It also creates a Voting Rights Commission and a process to protect equitable access to voting.
House Bill 808
by Rep. Wayne McMahen
HB 808 by Represenative Wayne McMahen renames and updates the law on HIV-related offenses to require actual or attempted transmission under meaningful risk, while incorporating modern medical standards and clarifying defenses.
LEGISLATION WE OPPOSE
House Bill 288
by Rep. Chad Boyer
HB 288 by Representative Chad Boyer requires that, when "spontaneous abortion" is used in medical documentation (e.g., medical records or medical billing), the term "miscarriage" must be added in parentheses.
House Bill 948
by Rep. Beryl Amedee
HB 948 by Representative Beryl Amedee allows parents to decline recommended medical treatment, including chemotherapy, without being investigated for neglect, which could limit the state’s ability to intervene when children are denied life-saving care.
Senate Bill 310
by Sen. Heather Cloud
SB 310 by Senator Heather Cloud requires health centers at public high schools, colleges and universities in Louisiana to post signage directing students to “pregnancy resources,” including unlicensed pregnancy resource centers.
House Bill 775
by Rep. Emily Chenevert
HB 775 by Representative Emily Chenevert rolls back minors’ ability to access confidential healthcare by requiring parental consent and record access, potentially deterring young people from seeking essential care.
House Bill 485
by Rep. Beryl Amedee
HB 485 by Representative Beryl Amedee enshrines broad parental control as a fundamental right, deeply undermining young people’s autonomy and restricting access to essential healthcare and protections, especially for vulnerable youth.
House Bill 578
by Rep. Mike Johnson
HB 578 by Representative Mike Johnson enforces a strict binary definition of sex across state law, excluding transgender and nonbinary people, as well as intersex people, from legal recognition and undermining existing protections and access to services.