Let Kids Be Kids: Stop SB 2
Friends and allies,
We are reaching a crucial stage of our fight to protect our children. After clearing committee, SB2 is headed to the House floor for a vote in the coming days. There is still time to act—contact your representatives and urge them to vote NO on SB2.
Do you reject the chilling claim made during committee that some children are "already lost at 2 years old"? If so, it’s time to raise your voice.
If passed, SB2 would expand the ability to try children as adults for almost any crime—no matter how minor—exposing them to harsher adult sentencing. Current law already allows children as young as 14 to be tried as adults for serious violent crimes and even drug distribution can be transferred. This amendment would remove all safeguards, enabling children to potentially face adult courts for petty offenses like shoplifting or vandalism. When asked to limit this dangerous overreach to specific crimes, sponsors refused—making their intent clear: to send more and younger children to adult prisons. This would roll back protections that have been in place since 1906.
Our children’s safety is too important to leave solely in the hands of the legislature. That’s why voters currently have the final say through constitutional amendments. SB2 would strip that power away from families and voters, consolidating it in the hands of lawmakers. Not even law enforcement groups, like the Louisiana Sheriffs Association, have publicly supported this bill.
We cannot allow SB2 to pass. Contact your legislators today and tell them to vote NO on SB2.
