Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana HB1247: CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Creates a statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator
Status: Signed into law, June 3, 2026
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 15:624(A)(1)(introductory paragraph) and (B) through (D), to enact R.S. 15:555(A)(18), 557, and 624(E) and (F) and Part XI of Subchapter D of Chapter 5-D of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 40:1228.1 through 1228.11, and to repeal Part III-A of Subchapter D of Chapter 5-D of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 40:1216.1, relative to sexual assault nurse examiners; to provide for the membership of the Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:624(A)(1)(introductory paragraph) and (B) through (D), to enact R.S. 15:555(A)(18), 557, and 624(E) and (F) and Part XI of Subchapter D of Chapter 5-D of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 40:1228.1 through 1228.11, and to repeal Part III-A of Subchapter D of Chapter 5-D of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 40:1216.1, relative to sexual assault nurse examiners; to provide for the membership of the Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission; to provide for the creation, duties, and membership of a subcommittee of the Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a purpose; to create the position of the statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator or "SANE" coordinator; to provide for duties; to provide for definitions; to establish a TeleSANE training and mobile SANE program; to provide for reports to law enforcement; to provide relative to forensic medical examinations; to provide relative to standards of hospitals and healthcare providers; to provide relative to the reproduction of certain records; to provide for coordination; to provide for a public records exception; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by …
Sponsors
- (R, 45) · primary sponsor