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LouisianaHB 3632025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

CRIME: Provides relative to cruelty and exploitation of the elderly (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Vincent E. Cox III (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Exploitation victims gain full repayment orders

Courts must order convicted exploiters to repay the full financial losses of victims and anyone else harmed financially by the crime. Restitution follows Louisiana's criminal procedure rules. Convicted offenders also cannot access the victim's assets or those of other elderly people or people with disabilities. They cannot be appointed as those people's power of attorney or guardian. Offenders can still inherit from the victim, but that right does not remove the repayment duty or other restrictions.

Broader abuse protections for vulnerable adults

Louisiana protects people age 60 or older, adults with disabilities, and people with infirmities, including those in residential facilities. Cruelty includes intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment or neglect by anyone that causes unjustified pain, malnourishment, or suffering. Caregivers include relatives, neighbors, and care facilities with temporary or permanent responsibility, regardless of shared residence or voluntarily assumed care. Cruelty carries up to a $10,000 fine, 10 years in prison with or without hard labor, or both; intentional and malicious acts require at least one year without parole, probation, or a suspended sentence. Recognized spiritual healing instead of medical care remains an affirmative defense to cruelty charges and is not mistreatment or neglect under either law.

Broader exploitation protections and tougher penalties

Louisiana expands exploitation protections for people age 60 or older, adults with disabilities, and people with infirmities. Exploitation includes intentionally spending, reducing, or using their assets without express voluntary consent from them or their legal representative, or through fraud. It also includes financial exploitation defined in state banking law and fraudulent use of a power of attorney or guardianship for personal gain. A conviction carries up to a $10,000 fine, 10 years in prison, or both. A second or later conviction requires one to 10 years in prison, with or without hard labor, and allows a fine up to $20,000.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Vincent E. Cox III

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

  • Pat Moore

    Democratic • House

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tony Bacala

    Republican • House

  • Valarie Hodges

    Republican • Senate

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/2/2025

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 • 4/29/2025

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 • 4/23/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 186.

    6/8/2025House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    6/8/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/5/2025House

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

    6/4/2025House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/4/2025Senate

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    6/3/2025House

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

    6/2/2025Senate

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

    6/1/2025Senate

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

    5/29/2025Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/28/2025Senate

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

    4/30/2025Senate

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

    4/29/2025House

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

    4/29/2025Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2025.

    4/28/2025House

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

    4/24/2025House

  16. Reported with amendments (10-0).

    4/23/2025House

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

    4/14/2025House

  18. Prefiled.

    4/3/2025House

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

    4/3/2025House

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