HB 37 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

CONTRACTS: Establishes a duty of care for online platforms who contract with minors

HB 37 requires online platforms to exercise a duty of care when entering binding contracts with minors. This means platforms must take reasonable steps to protect minors during these agreements, such as ensuring terms are understandable and avoiding exploitative practices. The bill directly affects companies offering digital services, apps, or content that contract with users under 18. It recently passed a committee with amendments (11-0) and now has an effective date set for June 1, 2026, after a deadline change from March 1, 2026.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Signed Jun 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB37 Original → HB37 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was enacted into law as Act No. 236, expanding the number of sponsoring legislators and updating the legislative session details. The core definitions regarding covered platforms and minors remain substantively unchanged, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the list of excluded entities.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on establishing a duty of care for online platforms interacting with minors, with no changes to the fundamental applicability or target audience.

TECHNICAL

Added multiple representatives and senators to the list of bill sponsors, reflecting the final enrolled version of the bill.

Updated the header information to reflect the bill's enactment as Act No. 236 in the 2025 Regular Session.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the list of excluded entities, such as reordering items and clarifying the definition of 'news or sports coverage'.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 6, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 37

Jun 2, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

25 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Jun 1, 2025

Committee

Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

1 primary · 41 co-sponsors