Cannabis laws and bills in Louisiana

Every bill in the Louisiana Legislature that falls inside the Cannabis Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in Scope

Past Committee

1 June 2026

Most Recent Action

Cannabis laws enacted in Louisiana in 2026

1 Cannabis bill was enacted in Louisiana this year, the latest with a last action on 1 June 2026. Each links to the Louisiana Legislature's own page.

SB 270HEALTH CARE: Provides for access to medical marijuana for terminally ill patients in a healthcare facility. (8/1/26)1 June 2026

Cannabis bills in Louisiana

4Enacted

8Introduced or inactive

12 bills in scope

Enacted

SB 270HEALTH CARE: Provides for access to medical marijuana for terminally ill patients in a healthcare facility. (8/1/26)1 June 2026Enacted HB 657MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health related to the sale of therapeutic marijuana (EN +$225,000 SG RV See Note)1 July 2025Enacted HB 36LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to consumable hemp20 June 2025Enacted HB 12CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides relative to the sale of consumable hemp products (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)11 June 2025Enacted

Introduced or inactive

HCR 111DRUGS: Creates the Louisiana Recreational Cannabis Policy Task Force19 May 2026In committee HB 539HEALTH: Provides relative to consumable hemp products11 May 2026In committee HB 373HEALTH: Provides for the Louisiana Cannabis Pilot Program (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)9 March 2026In committee HB 460EMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATN: Provides relative to employment discrimination against certain employees being treated with medical marijuana9 March 2026In committee HB 187TAX/EXCISE: Increases the rate of excise tax on consumable hemp products (OR +$3,600,000 SD RV See Note)14 April 2025In committee HB 235TAX/EXCISE: Increases the excise tax levied on consumable hemp products and dedicates revenues collected from the tax (OR +$5,100,000 SD RV See Note)14 April 2025In committee HB 627HEALTH: Provides for the Louisiana Cannabis Pilot Program (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)14 April 2025In committee HB 636TAX/EXCISE: Levies an excise tax on cannabis and provides for the use of monies derived from the tax (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)14 April 2025In committee

Bill titles link to the Louisiana Legislature's own page.

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What's In Scope

How Cannabis Legislation bills are selected

In scope is any bill regulating the cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, sale, possession or taxation of cannabis and cannabis products: adult-use and medical programmes, licence classes and the agency that issues them, excise rates and revenue allocation, social equity licensing and automatic expungement, intoxicating hemp and cannabinoid products, potency limits, packaging and labelling, impaired driving, workplace and tenancy protections for lawful use, and banking and insurance access for licensees.

Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.

Other practice areas in Louisiana

Cannabis legislation in other jurisdictions

52 more currently hold bills in this tracker

Louisiana is one of Cannabis Legislation's jurisdictions

The tracker follows this subject everywhere it is legislated, and publishes a monthly issue on what moved across all of them.

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