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LouisianaHB 3212026 Regular SessionHouse

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Provides relative to victims of human trafficking and prostitution offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Broader protections against paid sex involving minors

The law broadens an offense involving sexual intercourse with a minor who receives or agrees to receive compensation. The compensation can be anything of value given for the activity. The offender must be over 17, the minor under 18, and their age difference more than two years. The minor no longer needs to be described as practicing prostitution for the offense to apply.

Legal defenses for trafficking victims

Trafficking victims can use their victim status as a legal defense when a covered charge arose directly from trafficking. The person must have been a trafficking victim when the alleged offense happened. Covered charges include prostitution, soliciting for prostitutes, prostitution by massage, and prohibited sexual conduct in massage. The defense also covers specified crimes against nature and solicitation of those crimes.

More protection for trafficked children

The law presumes children under 18 involved in prostitution-related acts are trafficking victims and exempts them from prosecution for trafficking-related offenses. Specified prostitution, massage-related sexual offenses, and crimes against nature also cannot count as delinquent acts when the child was trafficked for sexual purposes. These children must receive referrals and qualify for specialized services; children under 18 identified as victims under R.S. 14:82.1 also qualify. Prosecutors can offer an informal agreement when a child's unlawful act directly resulted from trafficking, even beyond a first offense. The child must agree to cooperate and receive services, which may include housing, victim advocacy, and case management.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Adrian Fisher

    Democratic • House

  • Aimee Adatto Freeman

    Democratic • House

  • Barbara Reich Freiberg

    Republican • House

  • Beth Anne Billings

    Republican • House

  • Brian Leonard Glorioso

    Republican • House

  • Chad Michael Boyer

    Republican • House

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Doyle Boudreaux

    Republican • House

  • Emily Chenevert

    Republican • House

  • Ken Brass

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Peter F. Egan Sr.

    Republican • House

  • R. Dewith Carrier

    Republican • House

  • Robby Carter

    Democratic • House

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • Vincent E. Cox III

    Republican • House

  • Wilford Carter Sr.

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 236 • No: 0

House vote • 5/27/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 637.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/2/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/28/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/27/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

    5/26/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/25/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/14/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/12/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    5/4/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/29/2026House

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

    4/29/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026House

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.

    4/27/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (8-0).

    4/23/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    3/9/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/24/2026House

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    2/24/2026House

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