All Roll Calls
Yes: 377 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 7842026 Regular SessionHouse
SEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY: Provides relative to sex offender registration and notification requirements
Sponsored By: Vincent E. Cox III (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice
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Sex offenders face new identification duties
Beginning January 1, 2027, covered registrants must have a driver’s license or special state ID with a QR code on the back. The rules apply regardless of conviction date, and registrants must carry the required document outside their home. License renewal requires an in-person visit and yearly reregistration; special ID holders must appear annually after registering. Motor vehicle officials must verify completed reregistration before renewing the license or issuing the special ID; regular renewal fees apply. A qualifying license exempts its holder from the special ID rule, and a qualifying special ID generally exempts its holder from the license rule. Anyone holding both needs a QR code on each; obtaining the other document later requires surrendering the previously held document. Intentional violations carry a $100–$500 fine, up to six months in jail, or both.
More convictions require sex offender registration
Louisiana’s sex-offender registration and notice rules cover unlawful deepfake convictions under R.S. 14:73.13(A) or (B)(2). Deepfakes depicting minors also count as sexual offenses against a minor. That category includes indecent behavior under R.S. 14:81(H)(2) involving victims under 13. It also includes oral sexual battery involving victims under 18.
Repeat sex offenders face frequent updates
Registrants with more than one qualifying conviction, or an aggravated offense conviction, must update registration in person every 90 days. The repeat-conviction rule covers offenses requiring registration under R.S. 15:542 and 15:544(B)(2)(c). The court’s written notice states this duty. The law also repeals R.S. 15:542.1(A)(1)(e); the supplied text does not explain how that repeal changes duties.
Sex offenders face broader public disclosures
People convicted under R.S. 14:89 must include a photo in community notices when those notices are required. Covered social-network users must display their sex-offender or child-predator status on their profiles. They must also show the crime, conviction location, physical description, and home address to all users and visitors. This applies to convictions listed in R.S. 15:542.1 or sex offenses involving a minor victim. It applies only when the person uses the site and is not otherwise banned from using it.
New reporting rules after offender confinement
Registered people arrested for any reason, or involuntarily held in a mental health facility over 30 days, must report in person. They must appear within three business days at their registered sheriff’s office, or New Orleans police in Orleans Parish. Within three days before release, they must give the institution their planned home address in writing. The institution forwards it to the parish sheriff for the registry. Returning to the same registered home avoids renewed community notices unless five years have passed since the last required notices. Specified release-based registration and notice deadlines start at release from the first confinement for the covered offense.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Vincent E. Cox III
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/1/2026
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 6/1/2026
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
Yes: 98 • No: 0
House vote • 5/26/2026
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
Yes: 98 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/18/2026
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 3/25/2026
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 102 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2026
Reported favorably
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 838.
6/9/2026HouseEffective date: See Act.
6/9/2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/4/2026HouseConference Committee report received.
6/1/2026HouseNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
6/1/2026SenateSenate conference committee members appointed: Morris, Kleinpeter, and Barrow.
6/1/2026SenateNotice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
6/1/2026SenateConference committee report received.
6/1/2026SenateThe Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
6/1/2026SenateNotice Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
6/1/2026HouseNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
6/1/2026HouseConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
6/1/2026HouseNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
6/1/2026SenateConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
6/1/2026SenateEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/1/2026HouseNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
6/1/2026HouseRules suspended.
6/1/2026HouseSigned by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
6/1/2026SenateNotice Senate discharged the Conference Committee.
5/31/2026HouseDischarged from Conference Committee.
5/31/2026HouseHouse conferees appointed: Cox, Villio, and Dickerson.
5/31/2026HouseDischarged from Conference Committee.
5/29/2026HouseNotice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
5/29/2026SenateRules suspended.
5/29/2026HouseThe House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
5/29/2026House
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