BATON ROUGE, LA — In a move to preserve state sovereignty, the Louisiana Senate unanimously passed a bill last month to block international organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) from having any “jurisdiction in the state.”

State senators passed Senate Bill 133 by a vote of 37-0. The bill, which now heads to the Louisiana House, would bar the WHO, United Nations, and World Economic Forum from imposing their globalist policies on its citizens statewide.

The text of the bill reads, “The World Health Organization, United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction or power within the state of Louisiana.”

The measure also specifically bars every political and municipal authority in the state from enforcing the policies of these global organizations.

“No rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy, or mandate of any kind of the World Health Organization, United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall be enforced or implemented by the state of Louisiana or any agency, department, board, commission, political subdivision, governmental entity of the state, parish, municipality, or any other political entity,” reads the bill.

The timing of the measure coincides with an effort by the Biden administration to bind the United States with the WHO’s global “Pandemic Agreement” and revised International Health Regulations (IHR). This “agreement,” with a final revision deadline of May 2024, would establish the WHO as the world authority during health emergencies. While the “agreement’s language mentions the sovereignty of states (nations), the draft language focuses more on the importance of “solidarity” and “whole of society approaches” down to the “community level” during the next pandemic. The WHO and its 196 members plan to meet at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from May 27 to June 1 with aims to finalize the agreement.

Liberty Counsel Action’s full analysis of the proposed “agreement” explains the legal implications of the WHO’s plans and can be read here.

However, according to the Tenth Amendment Center, a national think tank and educational organization, the Tenth Amendment limits the federal government only to the powers listed in the Constitution and vests all other power and authority to the states. The U.S. Supreme Court

has held the Tenth Amendment prevents the federal government from dictating direct orders to the states due to that power not being listed in the Constitution. The sponsors of Louisiana’s bill indicate that any international “agreement” made by the federal government will not bind the state to go along with whatever international organizations dictate.

“We’re a sovereign state and we want to make sure that’s known in this legislation,” stated Louisiana State Representative Kathy Edmonston, one of the bill’s sponsors.

Louisiana State Senator Valeri Hodges noted the purpose of the bill is to ensure the state’s autonomy and that no outside entity has the right to mandate health care for its citizens.

“We’re not living under a dictatorship and that’s pretty much what these groups want. They want to dictate American policies. So, what we’re doing is we’re putting safeguards in place to keep the people of Louisiana safe,” stated Sen. Hodges.

SB 133 is now under consideration in the Louisiana House Governmental Affairs Committee. Should the measure be passed and signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry, it is set to take effect Aug. 1, 2024.

Liberty Counsel Action Chairman Mat Staver said, “Freedom should never be traded for security. Louisiana lawmakers have sent a clear message that they will not tolerate the Biden administration ceding American sovereignty or foreign entities governing its citizens.”