Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana HB321: HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Provides relative to victims of human trafficking and prostitution offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Status: Signed into law, June 2, 2026
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 14:46.2(F)(1), 46.3(E), 82(G), 82.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (1), (B), (D)(2) and (3)(b), (E), and (F), 82.2(E), 83(C), 83.3(D), 83.4(C), 89(C)(2), and 89.2(D)(1) and (5) and Children's Code Articles 804(3) and (5) and 839(D) and to enact R.S. 14:83.1(C), 83.2(C), and 84(C), relative to victims of human trafficking and prostitution offenses; to provide for an exemption from criminal responsibility and delinquency proceedings; to provide relative to affirmative defenses for prosecution of certain offenses; to provide eligibility for specialized services…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:46.2(F)(1), 46.3(E), 82(G), 82.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (1), (B), (D)(2) and (3)(b), (E), and (F), 82.2(E), 83(C), 83.3(D), 83.4(C), 89(C)(2), and 89.2(D)(1) and (5) and Children's Code Articles 804(3) and (5) and 839(D) and to enact R.S. 14:83.1(C), 83.2(C), and 84(C), relative to victims of human trafficking and prostitution offenses; to provide for an exemption from criminal responsibility and delinquency proceedings; to provide relative to affirmative defenses for prosecution of certain offenses; to provide eligibility for specialized services; to provide relative to conduct that constitutes prostitution; to revise certain terminology relative to prostitution involving persons under eighteen years of age; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 14:46.2(F)(1), 46.3(E), 82(G), 82.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (1), (B), (D)(2) and (3)(b), (E), and (F), 82.2(E), 83(C), 83.3(D), 83.4(C), 89(C)(2), and 89.2(D)(1) and (5) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 14:83.1(C), 83.2(C), and 84(C) are hereby enacted to read as follows: §46.2. Human trafficking * * * F.(1) A victim of trafficking involving services that include commercial sexual activity or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 shall have an affirmative Page 1 of CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. HLS 26RS-280 ORIGINAL HB NO. defense to …