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LouisianaHB 12282026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

HEARING AID DEALERS: Relative to the Louisiana Board of Hearing Aid Dealers

Sponsored By: Raymond J. Crews (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce

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2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Hearing aid returns with capped fees

Louisiana hearing aid buyers have two cancellation rights. You can cancel without penalty within three business days after the hearing aid is actually ordered. Give written notice in person, by email, or by mail postmarked within that period. You no longer need to include a signed and dated copy of the sales document. You also have 30 days to cancel if the hearing aid does not work adequately. That period starts on delivery or receipt, whichever is later, and pauses while the seller holds the device. Give written notice, including by email, and return the device in substantially the same condition, allowing ordinary wear. You can return it to the original office or use trackable shipping to the address on your receipt. The seller must accept the return and give you a return receipt. For a 30-day cancellation, the seller must return payments, trade-in property, and payment documents within 10 business days after receiving your notice and device. The seller can keep a disclosed cancellation fee of up to 15% of all charges before taxes, including testing, fitting, counseling, and the device. For a three-day cancellation, those items must be returned within 10 business days, without a penalty. Both cancellation rights require the seller to cancel any claim against property used to secure payment. Sellers must provide a signed bill of sale or contract listing the price, device make, model, serial number, condition, and whether it is new, used, or rebuilt. It must also list the seller’s business address, phone, email, and license number, plus the licensing board’s mailing address, email, and phone. Cancellation notices and disclosures must use at least 10-point type and identify the applicable start date. The law’s hearing aid definition covers wearable hearing devices and their parts, attachments, and accessories.

Hearing aid dealer licenses: paths and fees

Louisiana hearing aid dealer applicants can qualify through education or work experience. The education route requires the equivalent of four years of high school plus two years of college, or two years of accredited higher education. The experience route requires at least two years of continuous hearing aid fitting and sales in good standing immediately before applying. First-time applicants must pay a $200 license fee. The licensing exam tests hearing testing knowledge and the skills needed to fit and sell hearing aids. It cannot require formal college, medical, surgical, or audiological education. The Louisiana Board for Hearing Aid Dealers, or its appointees, sets and supervises the exam. Licensed dealers must notify the board in writing of each location where they work or plan to work. The law focuses the licensing system on public protection and enough licensed dealers to sponsor temporary training permit applicants.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Raymond J. Crews

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 146 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 887.

    6/9/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/9/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/28/2026House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/27/2026Senate

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/26/2026Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/26/2026House

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/25/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/21/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/20/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

    5/12/2026Senate

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/11/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House

  14. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/6/2026House

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

    5/6/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (13-0).

    5/5/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

    4/1/2026House

  18. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/31/2026House

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