---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Adds federal and state military installations and facilities to the locations over which the use of an unmanned aircraft system is prohibited. (8/1/25)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Adds federal and state military installations and facilities to the locations over which the use of an unmanned aircraft system is prohibited. (8/1/25)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Louisiana SB 9 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Bass"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-17"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddd10910-96c3-4ac5-8c1a-9744cd64a62c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247971"
source_hash: "3d1e842de86beafc1ab0cfac2abb774a2627b607bd1d7d51fe95ef902b565475"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 9 (2025) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Adds federal and state military installations and facilities to the locations over which the use of an unmanned aircraft system is prohibited. (8/1/25)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB9 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1397163)
2. **SB9 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422205)
3. **SB9 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405687)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #460, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405156)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #465, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405217)
6. **SB9 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417897)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#583) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#21) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam Bass — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-06-04** Effective date 8/1/2025.
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 23. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2025.
- **2025-05-12** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-04-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-04-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddd10910-96c3-4ac5-8c1a-9744cd64a62c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).